the stage manager is tearing seams and drinking salty coffee (a book of poems by

on wanting to be seen as sweet

all I want is to be seen as
gentle, kind, soft
the kind of girl you'd bring
home to your mother,
who would fuss over me,
ask me if I wanted anything to drink,
drape me in knitted afghans as
you looked on, amused.
she always wanted another
daughter. the timing is just
right

7.31.15