though a boy.
i can only speak of my
ambivalence
about that.
she wanted to be a poet
“because poets know about
words
and how they mean.”
i’m not so sure about that.
there are always gaps
between intention and
perception.
“poetry is like dancing,”
she says. then again,
you never know who you’re
getting
as a partner.
she likes to go dancing.
she mostly goes alone.
she likes to go dancing.
it is
the only time she feels beautiful.
