The Truth in Two

by Shannon Barber

Today I will take
A moment to murder the
Insolent fall air.

The day Icarus
Wept. I fell from the black moon
Too tired to fly.

Crush

by Shannon Barber

There is this woman.
The vision of her lips-
          With the vaguest hint of color.
Has taken me past desire
          & I am lost.
Forever left to wander
          In a land that has no boundary.
Her mouth, her glorious gleaming mouth
          Steals my will and sense of direction.
Somewhere between her lips and my soul          
          I will happily be gone forever.

Glass Girl

by Shannon Barber

For fifteen minutes I am human not glass.
I move like a real live girl.
--walking, talking, tits & smiles.
I see their eyes glaze over.
I've lost my exotic charm.
I stop moving.
My voice drains down to smoke.
And I am glass.
Just glass waiting to be smashed on the street.