She saw him on Carson and confessed
she was madly in love
with his tangled black hair,
liner traced eyes, and lips
brushed with the same Cherry Red
she...
Happiness hinges on hips that twist
into Calvin Klein jeans, size zero.
Strutting like a fevered Saturday night,
we prance past boys, chins cocked
over ...
M.R. Mandell (she/her) is a poet based in L.A. You can find her words in The McNeese Review, Maudlin House, Writers Resist, Unbroken, Stanchion, HAD, and others. Debut chapbook, Don’t Worry About Me, Bottlecap Press, 2024.
Forthcoming: Five Minute Lit, JAKE, Writers Resist, Drunk Monkeys, Remington Review and Unbroken.