Lachrista Greco
is a poet from Madison, WI. She has been published in various books and magazines. Her chapbook of poetry, Wrap Me in the Blue, is currently for sale at A Room of One's Own Feminist Bookstore. She will be moving to Chicago in the fall for graduate school in Women's and Gender Studies.

Japanese Beetles

In my bed on a Saturday night,
tasting the alcohol from his lips.
Breaking tradition and inhibition,
sex crawls on my skin like Japanese beetles.
Broken and sorry, I swallow his apologies.

True differences appear the morning after
when the sun is isolating and sad.
Someone must dust my body for fingerprints;
He does not recall our naked happenings.

Nobody Likes a Gossip

The headline said her hemline was rude.
Should we just turn the page?
No, no, no—
It’ll put you in the mood.

She can’t sleep on the front page.

At My Core

Clear streams
Salty to the taste,
Drip like spring.

I drown.