Sterling-Elizabeth Arcadia

alaska/oklahoma

for natalie

looking so tall in your tevas
a bitch could fucking swoon 

i dont mind the salmon on your hands so
please – hold my hips and kiss me – yes
even with that little bit of kiwifuzz in your teeth 

if i could i would drive all the way
from seattle to norman
for a night with you

so you could serve me a beer
shoot me a wink
& kick my ass at bananagrams

id even let you chauffeur me back
in your heavily queer coded subaru
with its little window curtains

especially because we both like the same relationship podcasts
& you can just drop me off at seatac
– unless you wanted to fuck before i fly 

ill miss you alaska

i love you oklahoma

sherbet in the sun

@elizenazelie

elize of the multi-cat household
of the burnt ochre oil paint
& bulk banana purchases

elize of neon blue zip ties
of foxglove
of olympus

elize of the really great whangdoodles
of the local drag show
elize of the bubble gum hair

of infamy
& arugula
of pork chops

of mid-crosswalk scooter wheelies
chest-hair wigs
& many-fangled wardrobes

elize of the disco nights at the bar down the street
tender wrists
elize of roller skates

wearing a second packer
of paint & sip vip status
& gratuitous spit takes

she’s the best of us

the corn nuts to the art world
the noise to the nightingale