In the theater lobby, a mannequin with
\nlegs like chopsticks
\nstabbing through bikini bottoms
\nthrows her head back and chokes
\na font of popcorn.<\/p>\n
The pinch of her stomach Another towering specimen He forces clear cola into my cup and For the love of god, The leading lady Nissa Lee\u2019s<\/strong> poetry has appeared in Wicked Alice, Breadcrumb Scabs, <\/em>and Mannequin Envy. <\/em>She studies creative writing in the MFA program at Rutgers University in Camden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the theater lobby, a mannequin with legs like chopsticks stabbing through bikini bottoms throws her head back and chokes a font of popcorn. The pinch of her stomach cooks the kernels! the manager sells to me. His hand sweats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":384,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9926],"tags":[22096],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/384"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1985,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions\/1985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/requited\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ncooks the kernels!<\/em>
\nthe manager sells to me.
\nHis hand sweats on the bone of her hip.<\/p>\n
\nis bent at 2 o\u2019clock
\nwith hands tied behind her back.
\nHer breasts are like
\nthe decorative pillows on his couch;
\nher breasts are like a boxer\u2019s speed bag.
\nShe spews soda when you pull her hair!
\nStep right up, step right up!<\/em><\/p>\n
\nshoves me into tiered seating
\nwhere silver shadows
\ncreep across gnashing faces.
\nThey are
\nwaiting to grab the fat of my thighs
\nand they
\nsqueeze during the chase scene;
\nthey
\ntrail butter in their clumsy thrusts to
\nthumb exclamation points. And<\/p>\n
\nwill you keep still?<\/em><\/p>\n
\nis about to be kissed.<\/p>\n