Exploring the border between actuality and tale is
my love for a woman so dark, so rare
that even the courage of the sun cannot spread
a shadow beneath her feet
Nor can the moon spare
an ill-lit defeat
I hunger for her hands against
my face like a woman
maddened by untrappable lust
for another unkeepable femme
I hunger for her petals
Marching the border, I have spotted a flower, a
white fellow to my secret spirit
And when I find the woman I’ve been dreaming of,
I shall stuff her full of lilies
Virginia Petrucci is a former columnist for the LA Post-Examiner, and has authored two poetry chapbooks: The Salt and the Song (Headmistress Press 2018) and Recipes and How-To's (Red Flag Poetry 2017). Her poetry has been Pushcart nominated, and her work has been included in Flash Fiction Magazine, Avalon Literary Review, Another Chicago Magazine, Flash Fiction Online, and Best New Writing, among others. She lives in Ventura, CA with her children.