I did not tell her For I did not know how I once was pretty But I don’t feel that now Daddy told me that girls like me Could be cuter with a smaller nose, so you see... I changed...

I am not ashamed of my belly or my butt soft splendid mine I am not ashamed of my hair or my height I am not ashamed of my sexuality of my gender of my friends of my lovers men...

I like you Ask me why Because you make me laugh until I cry Because you’re quiet, calm and shy Because you feel the need to please Because with you I get knobbly knees Because your eyes are distant blue...

A sea of bubbles in my bathtub Expanding like a restless wind Into more shapes A deer A mountain A recessed cavity filled with yesterday’s secret Now revealed Now no more news I part them with my fingers A small...

These trees are bare, the sun bouncing off their arms like golden thread The ground is cold Damp Puddled with desire for another day Of warmth, brief passion Flitting hope These trees, they know how things move Change Risk faith,...

I searched for you in many places Under the ancient roots of solid trees Hidden soft Between the powdered wings of dragonflies I didn’t find you in the brush of a lover’s kiss Nor in a baby’s needy touch Did...