"that place in her"

[sapphiresaline]

"that place in her"

her chipping nail polish glints
in artificial light with her thin fingers
wrapped protectively round
a cheap can of beer
she sips from sporadically.

hazel eyes lasers aimed at (trying too hard)
carpet instead of the other people
in the apartment:
beer bong & golden streams on
a clean-shaven chin.
autumn-colored glass pipe held
to lips that turn up in a smile
for her after a cough deep in his chest.

she untwists an ugly orange bottle,
taps out peach heaven to share;
watches them swallow with beer
while she crushes a line
snorted through a two dollar bill.

burn & drip,
leftovers licked from her fingertip &
moments later a small white pill
on her yearning tongue,
swallow it dry; wait calmly.

smile and feel it, so real.
hope this follows her into her dreams
so she never has to fucking

leave

this place in her mind.

(x-posted to my other lj)