Sacred Wrecked Vessel 

          For Marilyn  Monroe

Embryonic shores drift-

Chanel no. 5 wind lisps

black & white cinematic clips

Marble Cycladic doll

wind blown dress

casts serpentine lines

Stilettos stutter & stammer

in a diamond cocktail

of waking dreams 

Sotheby’s auction nets 

the mermaid’s dress

she stitched herself into

Sacred wrecked vessel

wrapped in a breathing mink                                   

drifts scripting a red diary.

Bio: Alexandra lives and works in the Phoenix area.  Her work appears or is forthcoming in such places as Emprise Review, FRiGG, >kill author, PANK, Scapegoat Review, Writers' Bloc, and elsewhere.  She enjoys tending her lush desert garden of blooming roses, hibiscus, trumpet vines, ivy, and pomegranates.  Visit her at alexandraisacson.com