Seven of Wands

Good Bones
by Kristin Garth

Lockable, your pink pearlescent door, though
  you forgo such resistance more and more.
Each slamming stranger, secret friend follows
  blueprinted passageways arched within your
  architecture toward a portico
  of ghosts. Termites, birthright, devour a dim
  inishing host inside out; few would know.
Good bones, skull fucked old windows make phantom
  moans — echoing demolition crews who gut
  damaged interiors to Mötley Crüe
  Girls Girls Girls, while you listen, wonder what
  remains of you when construction is through —
what widened, hollow skeleton awaits
new wear and tear in satin latex paint.

Kristin Garth (she/her) is a Pushcart, Best of the Net, and Rhysling-nominated sonnet stalker. Her sonnets have stalked journals like Glass, Yes, Five:2:One, Luna Luna, and more. She is the author of fourteen books of poetry including Pink Plastic House (Maverick Duck Press), Candy Cigarette Womanchild Noir (The Hedgehog Poetry Press), Flutter: Southern Gothic Fever Dream (TwistiT Press), Shut Your Eyes, Succubi (Maverick Duck), and the forthcoming The Meadow (APEP Publications).