Amy Stilgenbauer

Red Nails, Orange Bar
A NE Ohio girl in Detroit

Lefty's Bar - - 2 pm
as I shift awkwardly in my seat
keenly aware of all the orange
and my nails are painted red.

You smirk a little in my direction
completely unaware
how that upturned corner
of your mouth undoes me
and how indescribably beautiful you look
in your white jersey
and perfect positioned English D

It is all I can do
not to grab your face
and press my lips to yours
with such force.
It'd be the grand slam of kisses

Then I laugh inwardly at the awkward metaphor
Just concocted
You're my own Rocky Colavito



Also from Amy Stilgenbauer:
I'll Pay the Price

Contributor Bio

Born in a little Appalachian town, the influence of which is widely evident in her work, Amy is a graduate of Mount Union College in Eastern Ohio where she studied Writing, Art, and Non-profit public relations. Suddenly, she transplanted herself to Michigan in order to become a graduate student (at the University of Michigan, a move both lauded and boo'd by her Buckeye family). If there's one thing she believes in, it's the potential of the Great Lake states and the people who reside there, and for that reason her artistic vision is to showcase the different aspects of the region through poetry, narrative, personal memoir, and visual art.