First date at Lily’s
by JOSEY POSEY
the door guy / a 5 dollar bill & 5 singles / disco ball / peeling plaster on the ceiling / no wine or whiskey / the dark corner / vintage looking couches from the 1980s / Margie’s /a picture of Jimi Hendrix / A curio cabinet with a broken glass door filled with unused glasses / physical boundaries being crossed / Candyman / a bathroom with no light & a broken knob / a life size lit up reindeer that you only see during christmas / Doc Martens / the cute couple below / a man calling me: Love
Josey Posey (she/her) is a born-and-raised Chicagoan writer who believes in the power of love and the freedom of expression. The poetry that Josey writes falls under the topics of love, kink, sex, and negative emotions, while mixing gothic elements such as horror, death, and macabre behavior. Her work has appeared in La Mocsa Literary and Visual Arts Journal and publicly by the North River Commission on used buildings for the community. You can follow her journey as a poet on instagram @flowersandphantoms.