HOT/NOT by Susan Isla Tepper

You’re hot / you’re not
Get used to it, baby
‘Cause that’s how 
The cookie crumbles
To put it nicely
Keeping things in perspective
He liked your long legs
During the moment
They circled him
Then the explosion
And your legs
An after-thought
Forgotten in a kitchen raid
For any type of nuts
He was a nut freak
Apparently
Telling you to 
Keep some on hand.

Susan Isla Tepper is a twenty years published writer in all genres. Her current project is an Off-Broadway Play on the subject of art and life.