Kerosene Tabloid

rocking chair wood
with attitude she nestled
her hot ass in the seat with
a 12 gauge propped in one hand
and 80 proof in the other the kerosene
can under the saddle where the one trick pony
sawhorse stood

garage mechanic
in a tight white tee
pulled up in her 68 camaro
cherry red iced with chrome scandal

her headlights
showing cold like
the popsicle stick she
sucked on girl was hotter
than an international pancake house
on nickel night turned tarot but one thing
a brick of black cats and three M80s with a
short fuse don't need a match when girlfriend
brings the news

shotgun shell
shot the kerosene tabloid
said the preacher put sandbags
in the irrigation ditch heavy scandal

camaro throwing
rooster tails down
the dirt road driving
like a bat out of hell
meatloaf burning whiskey fire
and church too save the hymnals
there's a story to tell

kerosene tabloid
water rights and religion
headgate and pew she read the
story in the grocery checkout aisle
she had one box of matches the other two
waited for her revving the engine 68 camaro
cherry red iced with chrome scandal the gossip
rained fire ash confetti for a mile

rocking chair wood
with attitude she nestled
her hot ass in the seat with
a 12 gauge propped in one hand
and 80 proof in the other the kerosene
can under the saddle where the one trick pony
sawhorse stood

kerosene tabloid
water rights and religion
headgate and pew she read the
story in the grocery aisle checkout
she had one box of matches

Copyright Ms. Sage Sweetwater, Celebrity firebrand lesbian novelist