“I think i’m kind of hot.
in good lighting at least, when
You can’t see
my cellulite.”
Tag: Liberating Words Series
Liberating Words: Master of the House
“She swallows a sigh
Holds back her disdain
Goes back to the kitchen just to start again”
Liberating Words: I Am Not For Your Enjoyment
“it seems you’ve shut him up.
now zip up your jacket
collect yourself
and get off the train.”
Liberating Words: Outnumbered
“Excuse their ignorance just this once
just this twice
just this fourth time
just this sixth time”
Liberating Words: “The Hunter”
The darkness
Like an envelope
Swallows her
Liberating Words: “Do You Know Who I Am?”
Inside the walls I am agreeable
I coach my face into understanding
And smile and nod emphatically
Liberating Words: “A Conversation in America in Early November”
And besides, we don’t need a woman in the White House right now.
You can take me off your call list.
I hang up on an America I don’t recognize
Liberating Words: “Their Medicine, My Drug”
I don’t know how old I’ll be
when I find myself.
Liberating Words: “Hatred”
I hate my hair,
so I shaved it off.
And now I don’t have hair to hate.
Now I hate my legs.
Liberating Words: “Growing Up”
His blue blanket
Her pink one
His piles of Legos
Her pretty Barbie dolls