Rose Hunter: girls, girls, girls, & God
Rose Hunter reading ‘girls, girls, girls, & God’
or being a bit precious i mean semi-
precious, i mean burning out of EZ Pawn
& por favor conduzcas on the right
side of the road anytime now–
confetti & polyester sweat sliding
gunning the bumps
the thunder (vámonos Jimbo!)
of martillo neumático & I-15
rocket ship liftoff; Jimbo! spaghetti
bowl billboard & horizontal freefall
end of the world en todas las direcciones
a no woman’s land
the Wynn sweats & swells
a giant/cooking/golden/ almohada
Glossary
por favor conduzcas – please drive
vámonos Jimbo! – come on Jimbo!
martillo neumático – jackhammer
en todas las direcciones – in all directions
almohada – pillow
Rose Hunter’s book of poetry, glass, was published by Five Islands Press in 2017. From Brisbane, she lived in Canada for ten years and currently spends a lot of time in Mexico, where she works remotely as an editor and ESL teacher. More information about her can be found at rosehunterwriting.com, and she tweets @BentWindowBooks, a chapbook publisher she founded. These poems were written during a stay in Las Vegas.