be lovers on standby,
not friends with benefits
celeste’s carnation
in the barrel, in the gun
chuck your moveables in
for a risk-free freebie
even a little soul
embiggens the forgiven
it was the lost weekend. my lover and i were on a break. considering our options. but i knew fine what i wanted. then celeste caeiro died and i wanted to commemorate her. she was a portuguese communist who was working as a waitress in 1974 when the fascist regime was overthrown by mutinous soldiers. she placed carnations in the soldiers’ rifles, and this became the visual motif of the revolution.
embiggened is, of course, a simpsons reference.
