Monday, March 28, 2022

A Poem for the Girls Writing All Those Poems

 

So you picture yourself

in a cream satin t-shirt

writing a poem about

you writing a poem about

your cream satin t-shirt,


how when he breaks in

on you writing a poem about

writing a poem about

your cream satin t-shirt,


he’ll be so excited

about you so excited

about writing a poem

about him so excited,

he’ll shred the damn t-shirt,


sweep you and your poem

right off your futon

and someone will publish

your poem because it is

true as a t-shirt,


besides which, the paper

is cream, like the t-shirt.

And, smooth as it is,

the poem you’re writing

about writing a poem,


who needs the boy?

Or if he shows up,

while you’re still in your t-shirt,

all cream and all satin,

who needs the poem?

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