ONE DAY

I had a dentist appointment

& while too many hands invaded

my mouth, George Michael's

"Father Figure" came on the sound

system & I didn't mind those hands

anymore.

I chased a balloon across a field

of flowers that I trampled & tore

from the earth as I reached as

hard as I could for the heavens

& what was painted there.

I saw a movie in a theater with

a boyfriend and we huddled close

& kissed & giggled & stood up to

leave in tears of passion that

washed away the magic of that

moment.

I wrote a poem about a prince &

his princess even as I dreamed of that

prince & how he would save me;

hold me, scold me, love & enslave me...

I wrote another poem & another & another...