PUNK POETRY: Steel-Toed Lipstick by Kate Torode

Steel-Toed Lipstick

I paint my mouth red
like a warning sign.
Not for seduction—
for survival.
Every word I spit tastes like iron,
and I like the weight of it.

--Kate Torode

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