Bodies on Bodies

By Calli Perry-Leslie

Copyright ©2025

We bruise these bodies

into jeans. They dig into us

great. More marks.

We worry

when we disrobe

like we aren’t staring at our mirrors.

As our bodies press to our bodies

we fade, rocking in anyway our bodies allow.

Too much body, not enough body, so many

bodies on bodies.

We shuffle

into cowgirls and cowboys

and boot wearing bodies, we

tell ourselves the lighting strikes on our love handles

are just a way of life.

When you and I kiss in the back of an alley

I think you are lying when you say you love

the way I look.

About Lee Leslie:

Lee Leslie (She/Her) is a writer living in Scotland. Her work has been published in As Alive Journal, The Morgue, Moss Puppy Magazine and Suburban Witchcraft Magazine.