On the themes of
THE SEVEN DEADLIEST
i. envy
hey there sugar
envy loves you
envy always loves you
envy never loves me
I am not sweet enough
ii. lust
the lowest common denominator
of the life cycle is thus:
dusk lay down
night fell upon dusk
dawn came
and day was born
iii. pride
you suggested celibacy
as a religious delicacy
i put my bra on backwards
in order to assuage my pride
and also to suggest that I
look as good coming
as I do
going
iv. wrath
my comic book avatar
is coming for you
head on backwards and
ready to kill
these thought bubbles
above my head
are nothing like
what I feel for you
v. sloth
it is 4:20 now
in the a. m.
and I am alone
in my lazy silence
my silence knows
no bounds
vi. gluttony
my silence is sincere
my silence is my epitaph
and my epitaph
is eating me alive
vii. greed
in loving memory
i shall call over-eaters anonymous
and ask them to counsel
my epitaph
because my greed
knows no bounds
and hell is as sweet
as sugar
on the tongue
Artist Biography
Portland resident Amy Temple Harper is the author of Cramped Uptown.