Outside,
a fractured moon dreams
softly unexposed.
Slanted light
falls through the window,
silver on cotton sheets.
A marble girl lies
with her spine
on the edge of her bed.
Her fingers
trace porcelain veins
of a lover
she stopped loving
long ago.
Ruby lips dive
into pale mouth
while
empty
gray eyes
stare vehemently
into darkness
and radiate nothing—
