Black Petals Issue #113, Autumn, 2025

Donna Dallas: Rita's Off the Charts

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Rita’s Off the Charts

 

Donna Dallas

 

With her whoring

that long block between Whitaker

and Grant

she took it in laps

legs grinded like gears in a Mustang

gold moon howled

Rita was bent

she upped her game

with a red satin padded bra

snatched from Mandee Clothing

she pulled the baggie from 

under her A cup 

fast and smooth

 

A bump here and there

for the long haul

she blazed through the cars

and trucks

picked apart a Wendy’s burger

to get to the beef

Rita wasn’t hungry

but she wasn’t denying free food

and thinking best part is

the meat

always is

Donna Dallas: Studied Creative Writing and Philosophy at NYU’s Gallatin School and was lucky enough to study under William Packard, founder and editor of the New York Quarterly.  Lately, she has published in Horror Sleaze Trash, Beatnik Cowboy and The Opiate among many other publications. She published her first novel, Death Sisters, with Alien Buddha Press. Her first chapbook, Smoke & Mirrors, will launch this fall with New York Quarterly. She currently serves on the editorial team for Red Fez and New York Quarterly.

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