nosebleed

anger is like an itch
you can't scratch
because your arms are too short
and like everything else
it's too far away
to do anything good about it

and i've been so dry.

every morning i wake up
fighting a nosebleed
i'm emptying
from the inside out


and i've been so dry.
and all i want
is to be all and in all
and not just leave
my bloody self behind
bit by bit

and i've been so dry.

nonsense

i think maybe
i'll have short hair
and wear pearls
when i get a little older
and i get my feet under me
when i have some idea
of how to keep
everything in its place
and people will look at me
and say
oh yes
we can trust that woman
they will not even know
how unruly
i was in my youth
how many years it took me
to get everything
in its place
oh yes
the pearls will say it all