POPPY COCKBURN

Strings 3

‘tongue for water’

May 2025

LANA DEL REYMIX

I was always an unusual girl
my mother said I had a chameleon soul
my pussy tastes like Pepsi-Cola
my pussy tastes like holy water, blue hydrangea
my pussy tastes like I haven't done a cartwheel since I was nine
my pussy tastes like cherries and wine
my pussy tastes like I won’t testify
my pussy tastes like I’m dreaming about marzipan
my pussy tastes like I’m Angelina Jolie
my pussy tastes like pink flamingos

my pussy tastes like cinnamon sadness, gods and monsters
my pussy tastes like jazz singers and cult leaders
my pussy tastes like blue jeans
my pussy tastes like chemtrails
my pussy tastes like Venice Bitch
my pussy tastes like it’s all for you
my pussy tastes like lights, camera, action
my pussy tastes like I fucked my way up to the top
my pussy tastes like poison, like a little bit of bourbon
my pussy tastes like singing in the garden
my pussy tastes like the velvet night

my pussy tastes like Jimmy only love me when he wanna get high
my pussy tastes like I've got nothing much to live for
my pussy tastes like fucking religion
my pussy tastes like heavy metal
my pussy tastes like I’m your little baby, your bunny, your clown
my pussy tastes like all of my peaches are ruined
my pussy tastes like I’m not shy at all  
my pussy tastes like I wish I was dead, dead like you
you can have
whatever you    like

POPPY COCKBURN is a writer based in Margate, UK. Her most recent poetry chapbook – Liquid Crystal Lovesick Demon – was published by Broken Sleep Books in 2023. She posts concise poems on Instagram @tru_romank. 

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