Rose Mary Boehm
Rose Mary Boehm is a German-born British national living and writing in Lima, Peru, and author of two novels as well as eight poetry collections. Her poetry has been published widely in mostly US poetry reviews (online and print). She was three times nominated for a ‘Pushcart’ and once for ‘Best of Net’. DO OCEANS HAVE UNDERWATER BORDERS? (Kelsay Books July 2022), WHISTLING IN THE DARK (Cyberwit July 2022), and SAUDADE (December 2022) are available on Amazon. Also available on Amazon is a new collection, LIFE STUFF, published by Kelsay Books November 2023. https://www.rose-mary-boehm-poet.com/
Spurned
She put her unspent love into a cardboard box,
added a few choice curses and shut the lid.
Firmly.
He hadn’t even seen her when he nearly bumped
into her on his breathless trajectory
towards the long-haired blond, long-legged tanned,
slim-waisted, soft-lipped, fake Barbie.
May her bed become infested with bedbugs,
may her legs and armpits grow untameable,
shaggy undergrowth, may her hair fall out in clumps,
her teeth rot to black stumps, her lips reduce to two
thin slices, better still, may her face fall off.
May their children be fat, stupid, snotty and
may his penis hurt when they make love.
She then dropped the cardboard box into the flames of the fireplace,
fearing she may open it one day and forgive.
