IN THE CABLE CAR-POOL LANE
Madam President
In The Cable Car
No Stopping Me Now
I’m Not Really a Waitress, I say
Tell Me About It Stud!
She’s a Bad Muffuletta
Unrepentantly Red
My Fortune Cookie
An Affair in Red Square
Amore at The Grand Canal
Malaga Wine, Cajun Shrimp
We Seafood and Eat It
The Thrill of Brazil
Colour So Hot It Burns
Go, she says
Go With The Lava Flow
Method & Source
A found poem created from OPI nail polish names. All nail polish names are property of OPI UK LTD. All Rights Reserved. While researching nail polish names for a piece of short fiction, I started to see them as forming a narrative. I kept to the exact names in all but one instance, where to do so would have affected the meaning of the piece. I added two other phrases to maintain the narrative flow.
Michael Packman lives, writes and surfs in Cornwall, UK. He writes poems, short fiction, and is currently working on his debut novel. He is published in the Lightship International Prize Winners’ Anthology, the Dark Lane Anthology Vol. 7, in the small press and online.
Photo by Annie Spratt