ballet planet
- 12 minutes ago
- 2 min read
by Julieanne Larick
let’s ballet ourselves out of ballet school
and enjoy the juicy moon tonight
now quick! what is it when you walk on your toes
en pointe we can have ungraceful grace
let’s tutu around town
feet flat on the pavement
girl we’re stupid
we want every car to sing it
people please honk at us
honk harder and louder
if you think our legs are
green pears in a bowl
if you think there’s merit to
wearing a leotard in the dark
take us home tonight and
fistfeed us chex-mix by the bucketful
cvs won’t close for another hour
the magazines are stellar. the romance novels
lunar-romantic. white lights make our slippers
iridescent hee-hee
is it a full moon or just a regular ass moon
okay i’m bored and the cashier
asked how old we are. let’s scram
ew who does that guy think he is
on ballet planet, the citizens
pirouette all the time
if you float away, you can watch every
moon phase and rate them 1-10
my dad wasted his money
to see people dance and feel happy
so never ask me to look at the moon again
or i’ll perform a grand battemet
in the craters of your face
honk honk honk honk
enjoy the moon!
what does it mean
Julieanne Larick is a poet and MFA candidate at The New Writers Project in Austin. A Fulbright scholar to Serbia, she has received support from the Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference and the Sundress Academy for the Arts. She serves as chapbook editor for GASHER Press. Her work has been recognized by The Indiana Review, SmokeLong Quarterly, and more.
