Bio: Kristin Garth is a womanchildish Pushcart, Rhysling nominated sonneteer and a Best of the Net 2020 finalist, the author of LOLLYGAGGER and 26 more books of poetry and prose.  She is the dollhouse architect of Pink Plastic House a tiny journal. 

You Know You Love Me (from Royal Rose Magazine Issue 1) Your island kingdom, thirteen miles, penthouse princess, an Audrey smile. Tiara heart by YSL, a maid a mother, blouse Chanel. Your cappuccino counterpart, serene scene stealer, rose gold tart, her gifts: croissants, coffee, bone dry, no foam; her guilt: atop his thighs, your boyfriend’s moans. A rift with sticks upon a hockey field, what’s spilt on steps, your reign and rage won’t yield. Requires a prince ruthless, ribald who makes you feel seventeen years old — ignites fair flesh, pale fire his own, your burlesque slips, a limo peel to gramophone — two tamed by teen desire…