Private Plastic Camera

2023

I love to dance like no one is watching
except maybe you’re watching
through a tiny keyhole that I am unaware of
press record and tell me
which way to move

you can find me lying on the hardwood floor
hair splayed out and curling at the edges
I’m flipping through a manual adding up
women’s physical differences

a house made of
a crinoline structure
like a cloth cut
and crossed through
where empty promises are kept
contrite

let me crawl under
turn to turn
turn to go

grief is stored under the left angel bone
only it’s my jaw that is clenched and hurting
counting to 10 different secret moments with you