the innate ability of adolescents to reject compliments
and find inspiration in a trash can
or rather, is it a sign of adulthood when
we give up our humility?
it is not humility that brings us up as the “problem age”
it IS the trash can.
dress yourself
the people lived in separate drawers
arranged in their wooden unity
unloved by the other dressers
sick to their stomachs
On Plagiarism
How can I write with so many
distractions
For fear of plagiarizing the ideas
of the various sounds that
surround me
how to retain identity
when the magnetic ones prevail
when mine is odd and rejected by many
how can I speak when my mouth is a cave
as if wishing for echoes
as if trying to deny support of myself
I'm an old, old lady.
