Chocolate Waters Poems

chopped down
like the tree that
crashes
in the forest
...

(Dedicated to all the women in the world who were able to give up every man in their lives except Elvis)

I wouldn't tell this to many people
but from the time I was eight years old
...

as pretty does
and pretty
pretty much does
as she damn well pleases
...

He was a Doberman Pinscher
allowed to lay on my bed at night
to protect me
...

was the only pet
Mom ever loved
A French Poodle
who lived a long and happy life and
...

Swallow down a big gulp of the stuff,
stare at computer screen.
Gulp a bigger hit.
Stare at screen.
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(After Joan Crawford, the nickname my mother gave herself)

Here you are
ringed with pearls
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First woman
Your name was not Eve
You did not offer me
apples
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That awful photograph.
14, worst case of acne
in the United States.
My very best dress,
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