
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter lived to be 100. Miami Herald. TheGuardian.
You've got to dig to dig it, you dig?

I remember through remains
of my lip hanging cigarette
three days before your ass was dog-tagged
and corsage of my acrylic tears
said to my good-looking flesh of green tattoos
throw back your coat
and your face got hard as rock candy
and tight like alum pussy
as my pointed toe pointed heel high top silvers
pushed back their buckles
and my champale and bubblegum sweat flew
to the surface of my rhinestone crabs
and my belly cincher bra pincher
popped up their dukes
and my voice more precise than the wind said
come on motha fucka
kiss me
I Remember, Jayne Cortez



tilt : to move or shift so as to lean or incline
Middle English tulten, tilten to fall over, cause to fall, from Old English *tyltan, *tieltan, akin to Old English tealt unstable, tealtian to totter
“Tilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tilt. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.