No matter your imaginings and dreams,
gravity, a mere theory, not really proved,
preached by grown-ups, strikes you true-

You’ve never managed to fly away
or stop their pulling your feet back to
the ground, your head out of the clouds.
Your grown-ups haven’t stayed starry-eyed.

Danger, of course, you take as even less than theory-Read More »

The fists that hit,
cuffed.
The feet that kicked,
chained.

The girl that fell,Read More »

we want girls with
big hips
suspended over
thin thighs
balanced on some
muscled calves
latching onto
dainty feetRead More »