Pinkification | Jayme Russell

Jayme Russell is the author of the forthcoming chapbook PINKpoems (Adjunct Press, 2017). Her writing can be found in Black Warrior Review,Diagram, Fairy Tale Review, and elsewhere. She received her M.A. in Poetry from Ohio University and her MFA in Poetry from The University of Notre Dame.   PINK is Deliciousall gummed up on plastic flesh thighssticky fingers on bare skin slidingdown to crack the knees bent sounds broken a Body without bones fake skin no moaning from your mouth no bruises behind dark glasses PINK is the color for usnot them and not him the only color is PINKso raw and so skinny so smooth and so Barbieit makes real skin seem rough and ugly let’s PINK up this world let’s set the PINK fire burningin the heart of the young girls who will touch their thighs together moan until the gap grows wider in their hearts feel PINK they lovePINK they want to get married in PINK surroundedby PINK roses and PINK music will be heard downthe PINK aisle she walks to the future who careswh