Sally Boyd

7 poems

˚˖✧ sally boyd is a poet from colorado and the founder of THOUSANDS Press ˚˖✧

whale fall

more and more 
an uncoupling of external interest
from the self 

give me a job 
opening doors 

bursting

a pillowy fruit
between my tongue and the roof of my mouth
i think of you and feel joy

my belly full of little cushions

bursting pt 2

a river or
an ouroboros 
my rancid maw
your tangled roots 

bursting pt 3

the days grow teeth and church breath

like breaking down cardboard boxes
is gutting an animal 

drop down menu beverly hills

i just got here
i’m wearing nylon

nothing cute about it

the princess and the pea? 
just the heiress to the mattress factory 
& she's always been 
happy!
she just wanted regular sized oranges. 

gap

huffing ethylene thru the straw at the bottom of a mcdonald's cup 
sucking on my lucky
teeth
in a litter box zen garden 
people can say all kinds of 
shit they don't mean