Butterfly curses

Can’t believe you deliberately chose beets

That jacket doesn’t suit you, denim never does

Why does my lip tremor when you speak

Eyes that suck me in like mangrove mud

Elbow made of electricity every time it brushes 

Smile like a lightbulb going off

Soft cinnamon scent always in your hair

Heart big as a front end loader bucket

Always angry as a wild cassowary

A carport I’d huddle beneath come summer storms

 

 

*given I am an Australian poet, I have changed 2 words which do not suit my poems being set in Oz. Cassowary for Elk & Mangrove for Bayou. Nonetheless the original words did their jobs by forcing me to think in images I wouldn’t have done without the prompts.

**In editing post marathon I will probably also jiggle the line order but I like giving myself little side tasks & for this prompt I always aim to use all 10 words in the order they appear, despite my dislike of CARPORT being the final word in the list hahahaha!!!