Tonight at the dVerse Poets Pub, we are celebrating the color Red. Sarahsouthwest is our host tonight.
Yeah. Red.
Red reminds me
of you. That careless
blur of candy-slut-red
lipstick that tainted your
white-on-white shirt.
I got rid of
the stain —
but you failed
to get rid of its carrier.
Crimson Red.
Like my face
upon the realization
that everyone knew
(even your mother!)
but me.
Hot Carmine
blood raging through
my veins
like wildfire as
I load
my Glock 43.
aka, The Abject Muse 
Tell it like it is