HSTQ: Summer 2023

horror, adj. inspiring or creating loathing, aversion, etc.

sleaze, adj. contemptibly low, mean, or disreputable

trash, n. literary or artistic material of poor or inferior quality

Welcome to HSTQ: Summer 2023, the curated collection from Horror, Sleaze and Trash!

Featuring poetry by Daniel S. Irwin, Tony Dawson, George Gad Economou, Willie Smith, Donna Dallas, PW Covington, John Grochalski, M.P. Powers, Johnny Scarlotti, Jay Maria Simpson, Karl Koweski, John Bennett, Mather Schneider, Casey Renee Kiser, Ronan Barbour, J.J. Campbell, Jay Passer, and Michael D. Amitin.

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John Yohe

it was not love

it was not love
that made me put on
a little black dress
high heels + nylons

it was not love
in that hotel room
I’m not sure what it was like
tho you liked my white ass

you liked me on my knees
you liked my mouth on you
and I did too
you called me names

+ I said yes 
tho in public
we never would have talked
you could not call what we did

what you did to me
making love
it was not love
but I loved it