life of _______

scarlet fever, tumbling among
fragile haystacks of life. a one-bedroom
apartment, preschool nocturnal, explorer of
unlit streets. detroit and dirtied songbirds, why
won’t you sing? curtain-capes of superwoman,
please let in the light! mud-slung tongues, brother
dearest, hold on tight.

hold tight! what ribboned delights of
green and a home to call own. ABC over
123, let the girl write poetry.

everything poetry.
or else scribbled
in the wrong
biography.