Kayleigh Willis
'Brothel' by Thomas M. McDade
Ashtrays overflow
Tobacco’s the call
Few lungs can resist
For leftover panting
Marlboro incense
Nipple filter tips
Plug some ears
Flute charmed
Cellophane strip
Stockings molt
Forked-stick fantasies
Low hissing tongues
Mirror unfolding
Paper tube weds
Finger skin
Kisses a candle
Flatters our faces
Because we are
Squinting
Copyright. Thomas M. McDade.
Thomas M. McDade is a seventy-six-year-old resident of Fredericksburg, VA, and a graduate of Fairfield University, CT. McDade is twice a U.S. Navy Veteran, serving ashore at the Fleet Anti-Air Warfare Training Center, Virginia Beach, VA, and at sea aboard the USS Mullinnix, DD-944, and the USS Miller FF-1091. His poetry has most recently appeared in Scars Publications.
