You are
my red,
stained
water lily,
flowing
from my wounds.
© Coleen T. Houlihan
Because my Tongue Knows the Taste of Water
The Big Bellies of the Starved
Colorless State of Existence
The Confession
Daughter of New Orleans
Desire (Erotica)
The Elephants*
En El Chinga (Erotica)
Finger My Skin* (Erotica)
Girls Who Kill Themselves*
Give Thanks*
How May I Help You?*
I Bleed…*
The Manefesto
Ode to Life*
Of the Ocean (Erotica)
Passion (Erotica)
She Refuses to be Good (Erotica)
What the Bombs Won’t Do
What the Frog Said to Me*
When the Firefly Lands* (Erotica)
When Will You* (Erotica)
Words a Child Prostitute Might Say
*Audio file available.
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