Val Vallejo/Elizabeth Sak
Val Vallejo
Year of study: 4th Major: BFA, Honors Specialization in Studio Arts Graduating: Spring 2017 Moved from Vancouver, BC to study in Visual Arts, Western University. |
"Stalemate"
Disclaimer: This is not love. If you want to stay, take off your clothes. If you choose to leave, I will not chase you.
The lace has started to fray. Cheap fabric. Cheap liquor. Cheap romance. A game of black and white squares, riding in on a stallion to claim your wicked throne. Tangled in your bed sheets, grasping at the frame. Head against your shoulder blade, my faithful guillotine. Divide my presence into parts worth saving, disregard the rest. In the morning you say I need more sleep. Our kingdom lies in ruins as I search for forgiveness in poetry book margins. The rules are clearly outlined where your fingertips trace my skin. But I’m done playing fair. Elizabeth Sak
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