money – Anastasia Jill

money

 

Her skirt is velvet
and slit right up a
honeyed thigh —


Fendi cheeks and nails
sharp brand my back in
bloody gold.


There is a red strap on her hip
bone, the mark of a hot,
leather touch.


It hurts but she should be
happy; after all, she has
money.


She dresses herself in
gasoline, the designer kind
that burns


raw liquor where skin once
stood. She closes your eyes,
paints them scarred.


Don’t question her —
the only currency she
knows is Venus and
pain.

 

Anastasia Jill (Anna Keeler) is a queer poet and fiction writer living in the southern United States. She is a current editor for the Smaeralit Anthology. Her work has been published or is upcoming with Poets.org, Lunch Ticket, FIVE:2:ONE, Ambit Magazine, apt, Into the Void Magazine, 2River, and more.