SEXY BABY VOICE
︎︎︎ Nicola Maye Goldberg
︎ JULY 12, 2022
you drank the ocean in a dream
spat up salt the next morning
your perfect mouth
red and cold
you wiped blood off your teeth
your whole life
just like that
falling asleep in front of the television
underwear on inside-out
someone else’s husband pulling into the driveway
light soaking through the blinds
all along the street dogs are
barking and won’t shut up
spat up salt the next morning
your perfect mouth
red and cold
you wiped blood off your teeth
your whole life
just like that
falling asleep in front of the television
underwear on inside-out
someone else’s husband pulling into the driveway
light soaking through the blinds
all along the street dogs are
barking and won’t shut up
Nicola Maye Goldberg is the author of the novel NOTHING CAN HURT YOU (Bloomsbury, 2020). Her work has appeared in Vogue, New York Tyrant, The Drunken Canal, Forever Magazine, and elsewhere. She lives in New York City. @nicolamayeg
Also by Nicola: BREAK UP POEM, RED, PREFAB