"Love Story" by Alex LeGrys

Love Story

He has her bent over a bathroom vanity —
by the morning her bottle-blonde hair
will have clogged the sink and he’ll
have lost another day of work

her doll-like hands clamp on
to his collar bones as she whispers
the lines many of us have on file
for the next poor rehearsal

an overdue valentine sporting
their initials hangs above the bed,
photographs of the scrawny lovers
line the mirrors, and the calico kitten
scurries under a swivel chair as one joker
pushes the other against the unlocked door

their theater’s filthy, but the tickets
sold well, so she pulls on his collar, calling
him names unfit for a hound, and asks:
Which lipstick should I wear tonight?

Alex legrys

Alex LeGrys is 23 years old and received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from Bard College. Her work has appeared in Apricity Press, Better than Starbucks, The Whistling Shade, Bonfire Lit, Blue Lake Review, and Flora Fiction.

Headshot: Shay Limoges

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