Told my man
The other day if I was you
Id get a nose ring colored
Aquamarine. Dye my hair
Blonde. Braid it with red
Yarn. Change my birth
Day so wed be on the same
Moon. He beat me.
Just to hear you speak on fires
And stroke yourself to come
On paper, I risk the laundry
Money at Borders. Imagine that
Someone hit you for being wild
Enough to pleasure your own.
He blind to the fact I hide
Your books behind the toilet.
Takes a shit and smokes a Black
And Mild. Dangle my feet
Over the heat vent. Light
An incense. Despite him
I be with you.