Ravenous Rust by Lacy D PhillipsRavenous Rust (a shade of lip gloss in the Fall Collection)
You wore so much lip gloss that I wondered when you kiss if his attentions don't just slip from the swell of your lips with an inhuman taste to contemplate where touch and raw sensation should reign. They are like your soul, coated. And I'm reminded to my surprise of the steel handrail in the stairwell of my high school, painted years-thick in hues of tan and blue permitting us to trick ourselves into forgetting that rust will overtake us all. 01/17/2004 Author's Note: Girl two desks up and one row over applied lip gloss every quarter hour in class today, like clockwork. "Need a lip gloss boost in your America." --Tori Amos.
Posted on 01/17/2004 Copyright © 2025 Lacy D Phillips
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