The Cast Iron Harlot, Singleton 2007 Outsider Hippie Art

THE CAST IRON HARLOT
Singleton 2007
SOLD


Neon signs
flying by,
blowing in the wind,
toppled over....
roadside crosses
blurred....
daring
us to
go faster
jump the bridge,
crash....

I woke up
with
popcorn in my hair...
and the dream,
nothing more
than
kool-aid stains,
dancing on the
white-white
of innocence
or
foolishness.

Faster, please....

Chapter Book, Singleton 2007, Outsider Art

CHAPTER BOOK

(c) Singleton 2007

The pages are wet

Salt soaked

yellowed

and sun bleached

and

there's no ending

or beginning

Faceless people

with

sorry other stories

flip

through the words

taking what they want

and making up

dimestore drama

to fill the

void.

Fate or chance?

You wrote the book.

And the pages didn't really blow away...

you were

just chicken

and tore them out

to make it look that way...

No wonder you're getting lousy reviews.....

Markers, colored pencils, ink and all that hoo-hah on cardstock

In Blue Mascara, Singleton 2007 Outsider Hippie Art

In Blue Mascara
(c) Singleton 2007

"I'll be mad"
I said.
And I'm sorry.

I don't want to rememeber your
flitting, flirting, buy-one-free-get-one-free
eyes that way,
swiping me with
stolen blinks.
Your lips
scrunching
in a knot,
thinking,
your smile,
pink kool-aid just below
your nose,
betwitched.

But I'm mad now,
and

I'm wearing
blue mascara....