We have to feature a very interesting poem, "
Revlon Orange Flip Lipstick #710", by Heather M. Browne in vol. 5, no. 4 Summer 2014 at
LostCoastReview. It has an incredible ending, clinical and emotive, but the beginning is great as well. It's both clear and murky. It is underlined with a great evocation of the Beat poets and a type of American, old cross-country roads feeling, very Kerouac "On the Road"-like.
Here's an excerpt:
You always wore that blazing color.
Revlon Orange Flip smothering thin parched lips.
Heavily lined and puckered like a rotting fruit.
Dragging smoke, not water for sustenance.
You didn’t need much to sustain you.
Your orchard withered long ago.
You lived way outside the lines,
smearing color
covering skin and hair, [...]
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