DALTON DAY
Jinkx Monsoon, Seattle’s Premiere
Jewish Narcoleptic Drag Queen
When I first saw you,
it was like seeing
Lucille Ball,
announcing her new profession
as part of a glitter-knifed burlesque.
There would be no colorless
laughter for you.
There would be nothing but color.
And I am ready for your flood.
You are throwing sparks, Ms. Monsoon.
Please, let me be shipwrecked
by your weather.
You silver-throated heart spiller.
You sleepy-eyed technicolor dream.
The stars are mere jewelry
as you wear them, letting us all shine.
I guess
what I’m trying to say is:
I love you, Jinkx.
You are the storm to make this world
beautiful.
Dalton Day is a poet out of Asheville, North Carolina. He is a wild thing. He loves chocolate milk. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Creative Writing from UNC Asheville, where he was a 2012 recipient of the Topp/Grillot Poetry Prize. His work has appeared in Foxing Quarterly, The Legendary, decomP, and in the forthcoming Ghost House Review, among others.
Dalton is a poetry editor for FreezeRay Poetry, and his first chapbook, Supernova Factory, was released in May 2013 by On the Cusp Press. He can be found at myshoesuntied.tumblr.com.
Jinkx Monsoon, Seattle’s Premiere
Jewish Narcoleptic Drag Queen
When I first saw you,
it was like seeing
Lucille Ball,
announcing her new profession
as part of a glitter-knifed burlesque.
There would be no colorless
laughter for you.
There would be nothing but color.
And I am ready for your flood.
You are throwing sparks, Ms. Monsoon.
Please, let me be shipwrecked
by your weather.
You silver-throated heart spiller.
You sleepy-eyed technicolor dream.
The stars are mere jewelry
as you wear them, letting us all shine.
I guess
what I’m trying to say is:
I love you, Jinkx.
You are the storm to make this world
beautiful.
Dalton Day is a poet out of Asheville, North Carolina. He is a wild thing. He loves chocolate milk. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Creative Writing from UNC Asheville, where he was a 2012 recipient of the Topp/Grillot Poetry Prize. His work has appeared in Foxing Quarterly, The Legendary, decomP, and in the forthcoming Ghost House Review, among others.
Dalton is a poetry editor for FreezeRay Poetry, and his first chapbook, Supernova Factory, was released in May 2013 by On the Cusp Press. He can be found at myshoesuntied.tumblr.com.
