emily joe : Writing

Sandy Olsen Dream

Sandy Olsen Dream

A Poem by emily joe


One dayI want to walk through a crowdWith a virgin Marlboro Light clipped between the corner of my lipsAnd watch the people scrambleTo light me
A Park In Chicago

A Park In Chicago

A Poem by emily joe


It was the crank of the chainThat sent rust to my fingertipsI smoked it slowerBut always to the lineWe pretended it was 1998And we were Wynona Rider v..
Prosey Ramblings of an Angsty 20-something

Prosey Ramblings of an Angsty 20-something

A Poem by emily joe


Sometimes when you're talking I focus on your mouth until the lines of your lips are sewn together by a trail of dashed ink with the instructions "cut..
Annie and Suicide

Annie and Suicide

A Poem by emily joe


I didn’t turn the water onOr remove my clothesBut I lay on the shower floorWhen I was 6 years oldI left a messageOn my grandmother’s answe..
To my Ariana

To my Ariana

A Poem by emily joe


To my best friend in the world, to commemorate our matching tattoos-
A Gluttonous Heist

A Gluttonous Heist

A Poem by emily joe


Listen closely Above the television frenzy You will hear The muffled sounds Of candy shop cop robberies ..
California Is A F*****g Homewrecker

California Is A F*****g Homewrecker

A Poem by emily joe


We are naked Together When we are fully clothed Save exposed toes And twenty feeble fingers Tracing ..
Leftovers

Leftovers

A Poem by emily joe


When he leaves for California and you are cold in Chicago, alone
Old Salt

Old Salt

A Poem by emily joe


We set ships afloat in claw foot bathtub harborsArmed with soap dish cannonsAnchored beneath the mast of your backCareening in the spate of your waves..
Your Hair

Your Hair

A Poem by emily joe


My lover's hair in the morning