My Sanguinary Valentine
.
The folds in her eyes creased with
dark purple dust.
Bought off the sale rack at the
Walmart on North 15th
.
She bought me a Hallmark card there too:
Brown gray dog with plastic googly eyes
.
"Won't you be my puppy love?"
.
Her hair was up.
Sticky.
Washed clean as a canvas for
the gum-glitter gel tossed through
.
Don't you know who she was with last?
.
He studied astronomy at NYU.
But then I studied her.
.
Five minutes after eight:
She started pulling apart the layers
of her white paper napkin.
The fork was still on top of it.
.
Round Mirror.
Compact case.
Reapplication of red lipstick,
that was subsequently applied to the side
of her teacup.