John Everett Millais, Isabella (detail), 1848
Black Eye
Give me some wine when you open
the door.
Don’t you want to know what kind
of dog’s after you?
She danced with both her hands
behind her back.
She put me in the shade
because I asked.
Estival
stay not there I’ll need you
on your back in three-quarter profile
you were born to fuck me or
I watched you, you said
crawl toward me with a condom
in your mouth, & I thought
That’s what
a whore does
I don’t recall this
particular moment
I’ve got you on film & I’m
ready now to suffer
having sunned enough
Liza Kotlar lives and works in New York.