Katrina Kaye

I am the cliché

girl colored jade

who doesn’t believe in love

doesn’t believe in much of anything

likes to talk to you though

likes the pictures in your eyes

and the kisses

(like suppressed hunger)

you don’t seem to mind 

donating to my charity

 

“The Cliche” is previously published in A Scattering of Imperfections (2008).