dead little girls

dead little girls
by kate ladew

little girl running the sound is stunning, thick hair
shunning, deadheat light sunning
the concrete sheets in slanted seams of dry knife
pleat beams
    rerun, repeat, rerun, replete
flags unfurl in jagged kiss curls
fill out your dope sheet
of dead little girls
detonating fuse, the dead hands accuse, powder caked
shoes a powder film bruise
to watch and peruse, cancer juice for the television
news
    rerun, repeat, rerun, replete
tears swirl like tiny seed pearls
prepare the dust sheet
for dead little girls
    smiles in every style, hair dark and fair, eyes
like spies
         confer, concur, confer, inter
    beguile for awhile, deathbed affair improvised
    watch through blue water the daughter slaughter
the victory laps past agaric sap, death angel caps
smile shiny bright traps
a parade spark gap slick gift wrap like a relief map
    rerun, repeat
    rerun, replete
batons twirl in shudder step whirls
check the balance sheet
for dead little girls
drunk down like last call in a bar room brawl, a
wailing wall approaching line squall
we’re fully enthralled after all with broken dolls
    rerun, repeat, rerun, replete
glasses hurl in streaming upcurls
have your whiskey neat
for dead little girls
smiles in every style, hair dark and fair, eyes like
spies
              confer, concur, confer, inter
beguile for awhile, deathbed affair improvised
watch through blue water the daughter slaughter
little girls running flash bang pop, little girls drop
the sound is stunning