madonna, sung in rhinestone

after marc swanson

silently gyrating
at the dead deer disco,
the only color
in a ice white room is
a small purple splotch
of remembrance

less item than
empty space
with all the heaviness
of a marble block
like the draped
empty condom
in the public bathroom

where
in remembrance
and fidelity
some young boy
would not touch another
without it

Jay Griffith (he/they) is currently studying English and Education at the University of Vermont. They’re interested in embodied joy, gender overexpression, and all things miniature.