Copper Women and Bronze Anecdote Bookmarks

copper living above
chimney sweep handles the dove
nesters build riches on the elevated dormer
days are sun kissed on thighs hot getting warmer

eggs in baskets chicks in stitches
laughing at the pale bitches
carefully planned and plaited braids in the horses' tails
the future parades whizzing by on magnetic rails

rococo cocoa spiked with gold flakes
hour-glass figure whiskey decanters proof on floating lakes
cowboys shooting clay pigeons ducks stick to the stamp
licking the alpine moss swallowing the damp

the way the story goes
devil is an age-long foe
another way the story is read
tombstone prints the special edition "Dead!"

printing press flywheel pumps the news
a million faster and a billion harder copper screws
alchemical son of a bitch trigger finger protected the rich
skulls lie in apocalypse; black-footed ferret won the war bitch

copper women polish the wind and bottle off; profanity
direction of affection points the wind vane south of vanity
bronze anecdote bookmarks the bible page jesus is the rage
the planets align jupiter and sage

Copyright Ms. Sage Sweetwater, Celebrity firebrand lesbian novelist