1974

I was born in 1974 on a calm meticulous street someplace in the sun oh the air was sweet and enough lights sprang sparks through the window of the room not as raw to a ridiculous tune slightly out of key in the mother hour So leave me alone I'm busy breaking bones I was born in 1974 in a breached feet-first way my twin opened the door my very first dose of chivalry I was dawned princess potential potent with gold star and matching impression big between two doors small and loved and proud and unthreatened So leave me alone I'm busy breaking bones I bet you were strong when you should have been weak like a dam that wanted to break I wish I were the stones your river learned to roam in whispering gaze You were told in a kind North Carolinian way to slow down, back up, or be hated thank god you did not and thank god you did an angel either way So leave us alone We're busy being grown November 5, 8:17 PM Scorpio and a gem June 1st, 9:39 AM Gemini and a lullaby