| Move Over, Madness move over, madness mama is coming to town there will be no time for tears and nonsense when the dust begins to fly rugs will be shaken floors and countertops scrubbed the world will suddenly smell like lemons and blackberry cobbler melancholy cannot last in such clean air ©Misti Rainwater-Lites 2007 |
| The Fire is Making Me finger fly to assuage the burn trace my memories in the ashes bake the terrible babies that never should have been born its the witch in me comfortable with such the water is awkward i never learned to float ©Misti Rainwater-Lites 2007 |
| Something Sinister About the Kitchen the kitchen waits gleaming antiseptic the knives shiny in the wooden stand the linoleum glassy splatter free the kitchen is alive dishwasher humming coffee pot sputtering ice maker rumbling so much convenience at your fingertips the kitchen is a kind of heaven you have to die to get there ©Misti Rainwater-Lites 2007 |
| Misti Rainwater-Lites is the editor and publisher of Instant Pussy magazine. |