WINTER
DREAM

BIG BLOODY
LOVE STEAKS

AND WE
WILL TAKE
OUR TIME

WET ACID
LASHES

WHO’S THE
DAY WHAT’S
THE WHAT THE
FUCK

A TINY FIRE
ON YOUR
CHEEK

FOREVER
SUCKING
FACE

RED
WEATHER
FOREVER

A NEST
OF WILD
KISSES

RED V

È

GUMBALL V

È

LORD
GRANT
ME MY EYES

OUR LITTLE
ROSE-COLORED
CARRIAGE

I WRAP MY
EYES AROUND YOU

FUCK Y-
OUR ANG-
UISH KISS ME

GOLD IN
THE MIRROR

NEVER

BARE
NECK
BLINKS

A LITTLE
KISS LIKE
A CRAZED SPID
ER

DYING AS
WE GO

WHO IS
THERE IN
SLUSHY BLUE

SWIM-
MING IN
SILVER

DISAST-
ER ETCH-
ED LIPS

FUCK
LOS
MONSTRUOS

THESE
CHILDREN
OF THE SUN

IT’S ALL GOING
TO BE SO
FUCKED

RED
SWEATER
FOREVER

LORD GIVE
ME MY EYES

TO…
HER

GOOD
BYE

TAKE US
TO HEAVEN

YOU FEEL
A KISS
ON YOUR LIPS

LSD
RIMBAUD
BLOOD

Book of Black Cigars

WAVES
WITH
TAR BARS
GAR
HEARTS

THE TINT
IS RED
AND
DRAINS
TO
BLACK

BLACK
MOATS
NANTUCKET-
RED
COLLARS

DOBE-
RMANN’
S MOUTH
LEAKI-
NG GLUE

ROWS
OF
BLACK
ASPAR-
AGUS

VELELLA
VELELLA
DRIF-
TING
IN
OUTER
SPACE

BABY
SCANS
THE
DARK
DRIFTS

XXXXXX

RINDS

XXXXXX

JET SKI-
SIZED
MOTH
BOBBING
NEAR
SHORE

RED
GILT
DOWN
THE
CHAN-
NELS

SAMURAI
SWORD
LACQUER
SPLA-
TTER

WASHING
RED
HAIR
IN THE
DUNG-
EON

BLACK
MARROW
PURE
SUN

SHERI-
DAN
ST.
RED
MEAT

CANDY
FLECKS
IN
THE
DIS-
TANCE

CRUISE
SHIP
BURNT
TO
CRISP

COBRAS
SWIMMING
UP TO
SHORE

MY
PURE
OPENNESS
VOMITS
US

EVIAN
NAKED
LEGS
IN THE
AIR

LAUGHTER
AND
NOSEBLEEDS
RED
SNOW CONES

E
E
E
L
S

BELC-
HING
SUN-
SHINE

NOSEBLEE
DS
DOBERMAN
NS
SUNSHI
NE

SWEATY
BLACK
GARDENIA

SEA
SPRAY
DIAMO-
NDS

LION
FISH
LIGHT
MIST

WET
ZIRCONIA
TUILERIES
GASP

Robert Fernandez is the author of three full-length poetry collections, among them Pink Reef (Canarium Books), as well as the recently released chapbook Las Moradas (arrow as aarow). His forthcoming chapbook, Wild Child (b l u s h), includes the poems above. More of his work can be found at www.robert-fernandez.com