Vilanelles in Her Pores

Kristen Holt

A skin that crawls with nouns
Words leaked from stranger's lips
Transfixed by toxic sounds

From petticoats to gowns
Thin wrists that couple hips
A skin that crawls with nouns

A hide that peels and browns
Revealing hidden scripts
Transfixed by toxic sounds

Wicked and doll surrounds
The curls of silken slips
A skin that crawls with nouns

A girl’s eyes meekness hounds
Which vanish, thick, encrypts
Transfixed by toxic sounds

In ink and silence drowns
The sounds of wrist and ships
A skin that crawls with nouns
Transfixed by toxic sounds

© Wicked Alice Spring 2008