Pulp Poem of the Week

If it hadn’t been
what it was,
it would’ve been
beautiful.

          Megan Abbott
          Dare Me
          2012 

Pulp Poem of the Week

When you have

nothing inside you,

you feel everything more,

and

you feel you can control

all of it.

         Megan Abbott
         Dare Me
         2012

Pulp Poem of the Week

You can’t erase it all,
not even half of it.
Half my life surrendered to gray
screens the size of my thumbnail,
each flare carelessly shot
from my phone to another
now rocketing back,
landing in my lap like a cartoon bomb,
its wick lit.

          Megan Abbott
          Dare Me
          2012