Cliche Katrina Lising Litrus editor in chief Like a love sick puppy
Nipping at your ankles
Scold me!
Cliché.
It’s all very cliché.

Corny even—
But honest
So dirty it’s pure
But never clean enough

My heart really is bleeding—
And I hate when writers
Use “bleeding” to say it hurts.
Next time I’ll fluff with pretty little words.

Maybe dust off Thy Old English Dictionary
To write about thou
Read it out loud like Poe
With a Jersey accent.

It’s all the same.
Recycled since Adam and Eve
Broke up and got back together.
It’s all true. Ripe and ready for picking.

Cliché
So consistent it must be true.
Love
You fickle bitch.