Tipton Poetry Journal
How to Survive a Witch Dominique Wilson First you bathe her in flames alive, of course Jump her broom and make sure you break it Dream of genie and leave her green Pacify her jack ’hoe’ lanterns into purple pumpkin pie Sprinkle Pixie dust and pickle juice onto her shrunken heads Chop down her woods use the lumber to build a house then drop the house on top of her soul Impound her flying monkeys and zombies She may try to curse you so show her a new kind of voodoo until red doves and yellow locusts no longer occupies her focus Give her tenure at Hogwarts, and then fire her Hang a portrait of yourself over her magic mirror Bleach her black cat Impregnate her with 1.5 kids then leave her to take care of the Siamese twin She won’t go down without a hex unlike the mermaid, so replace her hexes with edible arrangements, Netflix, pines, cherry blossoms, and primrose Fill the air with silver incense to block out the stench of brimstone Replace her skin with denim and her eyes with buttons Turn her cave into septic trenches Feed her alligator eyeballs from the sewer and olives from the Oasis under the Nile Turn her grimoire into a sonnet Whisper the square root of a circle and the sum of triple 6’s in her ear, backwards of course Frack her when her eyes wander to wicker men Make her feel like there’s no place like home
Dominique Wilson’s work focuses on social problems. She uses colloquialisms, fairytales, and nursery rhymes to redefine race, gender and love. Her poems are abstract and purposely have ambiguous meanings. Pop culture is a huge inspiration for her poetry. Dominique lives in Maryland.
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