- Starling
I want to write her artful tornado her madwoman her methadone her
Lip-gloss Shiva identity thief her disentangle her duffle baggage her
need after need afterafter-needle pills her count the clean her restart count her
madwoman in need of an attic an addict made madness grim impulse
always the same impulse: take
impulse: take and take [End Page 55]
Chryss Yost's full-length collection is Mouth & Fruit (Gunpowder Press). She served as Santa Barbara Poet Laureate from 2013–2015.