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Tonight's Poet Corner: Silk Fingers

Silk Fingers by Belinda Roddie The top hat wearing communist stroked a fat lion mane on a bi-racial bigot's crown, and she made kissy faces, kissy, kissy, kissy. Her rough hands were white as silk, pressing into him. She liked how they were both white. So white. Milk poured into the hole in the head, as the self-hating butler wiped the make-up away from his dark face.

Today's OneWord: Received

"Was it well-received?" "Yeah." "Good. I'm glad." She pours him another glass of Kahlua. The ice exhales against the glass. White Russian ahoy. "Your family's so supportive," she muses as he drinks. "I wish mine was." "Hey, we'll stick this out together, okay?" "Okay." "I'm serious. We'll stick this out." "Okay," she says. "I believe you."