This hot endless summer strings herself through long weekends.
She parches skin and tongues thirsty for cold beer and laughter whilst she paints faces with freckles.
She breathes over honey-hued shoulders knocking against each other at jostling tables of hands on glasses and smiles that reach to the corners of eyes.
Her hours are all-night diners and we wait on each other in short skirts, frills and skin.
She holds with bold arms, chuckling at waves of hair she’s kissed before friends noses tangle themselves in them.
Her black nights are hot with moist gums and groins that meet and greet, shedding frowns like clothes under a blanket of youth.
She tastes of salt and smells of honey.
She smirks at our open voices and hollers through new accomplices’ swollen lips,
‘Are you guys rock stars?’
‘Sure we are’
we sing back at them.
Paul Louis Vil..., 4 months ago
An amazing literary journey! I love the way your writing has my mind visualizing each phrase, almost as if you have written the vieer into a poetic frame. Jess, you’re a rare gem and such a gorgeous one too! :D
Paul Louis Vil..., 4 months ago
vieer? LOL! Viewer!
Nicole Ryan, 4 months ago
GORGEOUS !
what a talent you are .. so ambiguous .. i value that :)
LisaG, 4 months ago
Jess, absolutely mesmerising….LOVE IT…..
shall, 4 months ago
Fabulous imagery… beutifully drawn.. love it..x
Steve Images-S..., 4 months ago
A beautiful image produced without a lens
mick8585, 4 months ago
A nice write Jess that conjures images from my past (sound old dont I). The trouble is I was 16 in 1973 , hitchhiked against my parents wishes to Sunbury Music Festival, saw my first pair of female breasts and had my first toke ever of primo weed. Enough to say I grew up in 1973.
pauldrobertson, 4 months ago
this is beautifully, beautifully written ms jessica. it has a singing undercurrent of melancholy that shifts something lonely and heavy in my heart.
LittleHelen, 4 months ago
Yeah…such sweetness. Beautiful read :)
xstephens, 4 months ago
Love the narrative voice and use of metaphors…very well done.
Jessica Tremp in reply to mick8585’s comment, 4 months ago
my my, ‘73 had it all going on…x
Jessica Tremp in reply to Paul Louis Villani’s comment, 4 months ago
blushes
Rachael Hope, 4 months ago
oh WOW I loved this so much. I really did. the imagery is divine. This is one fantastic piece. I was there I could feel it!
vertigodog78, 4 months ago
Beautiful opening line, man. Wish I’d have written it!
Dwayne Boyd, 4 months ago
Amazing fluid language!
Kristy Lee, 4 months ago
Oh HOW did I miss this one?? A masterpiece, this is!! applause
juliejulie, 4 months ago
this is wonderfully delicious writing. i wished it would have kept on going.
Ange, 3 months ago
v much enjoyed reading this.