Vaunty

What did Vaunty inspire?

adjective; meaning "boastful, vain.”

Joelle Saveliev

Noël Coleman

Joelle Saveliev

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I know a lady,
So very vaunty,
All dressed in bobbles,
Her walk so jaunty.
Her Adam's apple,
Her skin so fair,
Her flowing locks,
Her facial hair.

And by her side,
A dapper fellow,
All tweed and ties,
His step so mellow.
His handsome sideburns,
His false mustache,
His hair cropped short,
His long eyelash.

There's he for she,
And him for her,
Ze for xe,
And hir for zir.
Together they stroll,
No fear or despair,
Just hand in hand,
A perfect pair.

Noël Coleman

I need to talk to you

Like I haven’t in

Years

But something feels so

Off

Inside my chest and it

Carries your name

Carved deeper than flesh

In blood pacts and

Soul deals

Never as easy

As they sound

Written in ink

With a buzz

Echoing

In a sterile room

Or as close

As we could manage

And I need to talk to you

To trace the swirls of the

New scars

You’ve acquired since

Since

Since I went away

I just want you to talk to me too

And I know your words

They’re memorized

In my bones

in whispers

hissing across skin

as vaunty as ever

with a bite

I know how to match

an ego

I bet I can still

tear down

even if I can’t

I still need to talk to you.