dVerse, Fiction

The Carrier

by The Abject Muse

Tonight at the dVerse Poets Pub, we are celebrating the color Red. Sarahsouthwest is our host tonight.

Yeah. Red.

Red reminds me

of you. That careless

blur of candy-slut-red

lipstick that tainted your

white-on-white shirt.

I got rid of

the stain —

but you failed

to get rid of its carrier.

 

Crimson Red.

Like my face

upon the realization

that everyone knew

(even your mother!)

but me.

 

Hot Carmine

blood raging through

my veins

like wildfire as

I load

my Glock 43.

 

27 thoughts on “The Carrier”

  10. I like the red attitude in your poem, Susan, and all the different shades.These lines are ominous:
    ‘I got rid of
    the stain —
    but you failed
    to get rid of its carrier.’

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