Susan Richardson

RED VELVET

is anachronistic

rich
Valentine's Day kitsch
Victorian Christmas.

Red velvet is a yawn:
worn opera house
of mouth and tongue
with lips the final curtain.

Red velvet is my ring-box cunt
and the sound I make
when I shut my eyes
and you touch it.

Red velvet is making a comeback.

Location:	Wales
Email:	susan@susanrichardsonwriter.co.uk
Website:	http://www.susanrichardsonwriter.co.uk
Publications:	Envoi, Iota, Flashquake, Fail Better, The Scriberazone, The Bloomsbury Heritage Series, etc.
Book:	Two of Me Now (the Bloomsbury Heritage Series)

- August 2003 - Three Views of Moonchanc Huadiao Soliloquy Glass Houses how to skin a cat My Son, When He Is Sick Buckets Red Velvet for Four Days: a Husband Section 2: An excerpt from The Last Canyon Focus: The August Stars