Juice!

You tell me you love me
even though you know there is no chance
I will love you back

You tell me you dream of me every night,
even though I don't give you the time of day.

You scrawl endless love poems to me that
I have stopped reading; I feel only a sense of
apathy at each and every one.

You tell me how lucky I am to live
next to an apple orchard where I
can have fresh juice every day, even
though I never touch the stuff.

Coming Clean

I washed away you
Like a day at the beach,
Making sure to scrub the ocean's scent
From the waves of my hair,
Not caring how much it hurt
To be rid of the redolence;
I lathered away
Every grain of sand,
From my arms,
My legs,
Between my toes,
Not wanting to be reminded
Of a single trace,
And feeling only gladness
As each granule of you
Went down the drain.

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Biography

Aurora Antonovic is a Canadian writer, visual artist, and the former co-editor of the now-defunct GT Times. Her poetry has appeared over three hundred times in seven countries and five continents in publications such as Adagio Verse Quarterly, Poetic Voices, Neiderngasse, Blind Man's Rainbow, Reflections, Promise, and BlackMail Press. She has been featured poet in various pubilcations over five times in recent months. She currently acts as the Canadian liaison for Muse Apprentice Guild.