Shine Out Loud

I shine through overhead jazz

And caress my teeth

Behind a smirk.

I won’t die unnoticed,

My smoke in strong puffs.

 

I’ll have a girl when I leave.

One who takes a myth

And runs it up the flagpole

So she can pace peerless.

You learn you’re better with a story.

 

I recognize her shape at first

And then summon her tale

As she laughs herself backwards

With that notorious smile,

Encouraged wide on reputation

For delight in the night.

 

She can smoke me but

I won’t linger in the frame

Because my name never would

 

I raise the ante

And take my pose up in new settings

So I can shine out loud

All over again.