Podcast of "Virgin Eyes"
"Virgin Eyes" by M. Chavez appeared in the 9.3 (Spring 2005) issue of The 2River View. Listen to the poem by clicking the title.
There's nothing to watch but the fields of little girls,
the flames licking their thighs, melting
sweet things.
They're falling
into dirt, onto asphalt.
Sticky, waiting for the kind
of boy
who would pick candy
up off the street and put it in his mouth.
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