Anchor ads are not supported on this page.

4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs

Walk All Over You

Alexis Rhone Fancher
Alexis Rhone Fancher
  • The stiletto boots in the back of my closet are
  • restless, long to stroll the 3rd Street Promenade,
  • looking for a red silk bustier. A Louis Vuitton bag.
  • A lover who won’t let me down.
  • The stiletto boots in the back of my closet
  • want to party, want to grab my feet,
  • climb my calves, hug my thighs. They’re
  • ready for action. Ready to put on a skintight
  • Versace. Ready to head for the club.
  • They want to clack on terrazzo floors,
  • totter from great heights, see the world.
  • Escape the flats, the Mary Jane’s, the penny
  • loafers, the two-toned, two-faced saddle Oxfords
  • that guard the closet door.
  • The stiletto boots in the back of my closet
  • want to walk all over you, punish you for
  • cheating, make you pay.
  • They long to wrap themselves around
  • you, put you in a headlock, rake your thighs —
  • want to lead you into
  • Debauchery.
  • Saran Wrap.
  • Whipped cream.
  • Wesson Oil.
  • Room service.
  • Remember?
  • The stiletto boots have a short attention span, choose
  • not to remember why they were banished, or what you
  • did. They’re desperate to reclaim you,
  • dig their heels into your shortcomings,
  • make little marks up and down your libido.
  • Welcome you home.
  • My stilettos can’t forget you.
  • My stilettos can’t move on.
  • My stilettos will forgive you.
  • Even if I cannot.
  • They bear the scuff marks
  • of your betrayal far better than do I.
  • Like the last time and the time before.
  • They want to get started, head out the door.
  • Who do you think gave me those fucking boots,
  • anyway?

Alexis Rhone Fancher is the author of How I Lost My Virginity to Michael Cohen and Other Heart Stab Poems (Sybaritic Press, 2014). Her poems have appeared in many literary journals, including Rattle, The MacGuffin, Fjords, Chiron Review, Slipstream, H_NGM_N, and Menacing Hedge. Her photos are widely published and have appeared in Blue Lyra, River Styx, HeART Online, and have been the cover art for Witness and The Mas Tequila Review. In the past two years, Fancher has been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes and a Best of the Net award. She is poetry editor of Cultural Weekly and can be contacted at alexisrhonefancher.com

Sponsored
Sponsored
Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

San Diego Reader 2024 Music & Arts Issue

Favorite fakers: Baby Bushka, Fleetwood Max, Electric Waste Band, Oceans, Geezer – plus upcoming tribute schedule
Alexis Rhone Fancher
Alexis Rhone Fancher
  • The stiletto boots in the back of my closet are
  • restless, long to stroll the 3rd Street Promenade,
  • looking for a red silk bustier. A Louis Vuitton bag.
  • A lover who won’t let me down.
  • The stiletto boots in the back of my closet
  • want to party, want to grab my feet,
  • climb my calves, hug my thighs. They’re
  • ready for action. Ready to put on a skintight
  • Versace. Ready to head for the club.
  • They want to clack on terrazzo floors,
  • totter from great heights, see the world.
  • Escape the flats, the Mary Jane’s, the penny
  • loafers, the two-toned, two-faced saddle Oxfords
  • that guard the closet door.
  • The stiletto boots in the back of my closet
  • want to walk all over you, punish you for
  • cheating, make you pay.
  • They long to wrap themselves around
  • you, put you in a headlock, rake your thighs —
  • want to lead you into
  • Debauchery.
  • Saran Wrap.
  • Whipped cream.
  • Wesson Oil.
  • Room service.
  • Remember?
  • The stiletto boots have a short attention span, choose
  • not to remember why they were banished, or what you
  • did. They’re desperate to reclaim you,
  • dig their heels into your shortcomings,
  • make little marks up and down your libido.
  • Welcome you home.
  • My stilettos can’t forget you.
  • My stilettos can’t move on.
  • My stilettos will forgive you.
  • Even if I cannot.
  • They bear the scuff marks
  • of your betrayal far better than do I.
  • Like the last time and the time before.
  • They want to get started, head out the door.
  • Who do you think gave me those fucking boots,
  • anyway?

Alexis Rhone Fancher is the author of How I Lost My Virginity to Michael Cohen and Other Heart Stab Poems (Sybaritic Press, 2014). Her poems have appeared in many literary journals, including Rattle, The MacGuffin, Fjords, Chiron Review, Slipstream, H_NGM_N, and Menacing Hedge. Her photos are widely published and have appeared in Blue Lyra, River Styx, HeART Online, and have been the cover art for Witness and The Mas Tequila Review. In the past two years, Fancher has been nominated for three Pushcart Prizes and a Best of the Net award. She is poetry editor of Cultural Weekly and can be contacted at alexisrhonefancher.com

Sponsored
Sponsored
Comments
Sponsored
Here's something you might be interested in.
Submit a free classified
or view all
Previous article

Centennial Salute to San Diego’s Military, East Village Block Party, Birding Basics Class

Events March 29-March 30, 2024
Next Article

Navy solves San Diego homeless crisis by retiring four locally moored ships

Decommision Accomplished
Comments
Ask a Hipster — Advice you didn't know you needed Big Screen — Movie commentary Blurt — Music's inside track Booze News — San Diego spirits Classical Music — Immortal beauty Classifieds — Free and easy Cover Stories — Front-page features Drinks All Around — Bartenders' drink recipes Excerpts — Literary and spiritual excerpts Feast! — Food & drink reviews Feature Stories — Local news & stories Fishing Report — What’s getting hooked from ship and shore From the Archives — Spotlight on the past Golden Dreams — Talk of the town The Gonzo Report — Making the musical scene, or at least reporting from it Letters — Our inbox Movies@Home — Local movie buffs share favorites Movie Reviews — Our critics' picks and pans Musician Interviews — Up close with local artists Neighborhood News from Stringers — Hyperlocal news News Ticker — News & politics Obermeyer — San Diego politics illustrated Outdoors — Weekly changes in flora and fauna Overheard in San Diego — Eavesdropping illustrated Poetry — The old and the new Reader Travel — Travel section built by travelers Reading — The hunt for intellectuals Roam-O-Rama — SoCal's best hiking/biking trails San Diego Beer — Inside San Diego suds SD on the QT — Almost factual news Sheep and Goats — Places of worship Special Issues — The best of Street Style — San Diego streets have style Surf Diego — Real stories from those braving the waves Theater — On stage in San Diego this week Tin Fork — Silver spoon alternative Under the Radar — Matt Potter's undercover work Unforgettable — Long-ago San Diego Unreal Estate — San Diego's priciest pads Your Week — Daily event picks
4S Ranch Allied Gardens Alpine Baja Balboa Park Bankers Hill Barrio Logan Bay Ho Bay Park Black Mountain Ranch Blossom Valley Bonita Bonsall Borrego Springs Boulevard Campo Cardiff-by-the-Sea Carlsbad Carmel Mountain Carmel Valley Chollas View Chula Vista City College City Heights Clairemont College Area Coronado CSU San Marcos Cuyamaca College Del Cerro Del Mar Descanso Downtown San Diego Eastlake East Village El Cajon Emerald Hills Encanto Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Fletcher Hills Golden Hill Grant Hill Grantville Grossmont College Guatay Harbor Island Hillcrest Imperial Beach Imperial Valley Jacumba Jamacha-Lomita Jamul Julian Kearny Mesa Kensington La Jolla Lakeside La Mesa Lemon Grove Leucadia Liberty Station Lincoln Acres Lincoln Park Linda Vista Little Italy Logan Heights Mesa College Midway District MiraCosta College Miramar Miramar College Mira Mesa Mission Beach Mission Hills Mission Valley Mountain View Mount Hope Mount Laguna National City Nestor Normal Heights North Park Oak Park Ocean Beach Oceanside Old Town Otay Mesa Pacific Beach Pala Palomar College Palomar Mountain Paradise Hills Pauma Valley Pine Valley Point Loma Point Loma Nazarene Potrero Poway Rainbow Ramona Rancho Bernardo Rancho Penasquitos Rancho San Diego Rancho Santa Fe Rolando San Carlos San Marcos San Onofre Santa Ysabel Santee San Ysidro Scripps Ranch SDSU Serra Mesa Shelltown Shelter Island Sherman Heights Skyline Solana Beach Sorrento Valley Southcrest South Park Southwestern College Spring Valley Stockton Talmadge Temecula Tierrasanta Tijuana UCSD University City University Heights USD Valencia Park Valley Center Vista Warner Springs
Close

Anchor ads are not supported on this page.