i hear you

i hear you

she loves to share 

words but hates that refrain
tossed on the counter like loose change

from a pocket of inattentive speech

what this silly language

can manhandle who could

handle a womyn we trans

fer the manipulative

and become

haunting come

back not coercive but

confused, a book

of cursive letters reshuffled

hands fidget beads counted

something roars

like sugar & that

which no one holds

accountable no one

holds hands but such

things change terms

like partners or lovers

the one who risks the rewind

reminds the listener self

checks the interview clothes for wrinkles

combs hair with fingers

washes the rag from the blood

someone cries and pulls

at magnetic fate

someone brings someone else

all the way back

to original

kindness

2007