Furious

Rage sustains
This incorrect
Woman/beast/ghost
Caught between
Smiling and cutting
With razor tongue
With blade fingers
With whip teeth
Rage makes room
For incorrect
Love/lust/longing
Caught between
Friendship and fetish
With mother ears
With father hands
With sister feet
Rage sustains

Human

Are cruel men
The price I pay
For being ugly?

Last Night

The only thing
I'll beg you for
Is your pardon
I am not accustomed
To being treated
As if I might
Not be as ugly
As I know I am
So forgive me

Blisters

Once a pebble
In their shoe
Begging for just
A blister
Just a bit
Of attention
Made smaller
With each step
Kept under heels
Stuck between toes
Hidden and forgotten
Now rock solid
Fully formed
Unapologetically
Alone until
Until
Until
I am held
In regard
Respect
Instead of in
Contempt