Photo by Sigra DeWeese
I am climbing the rocks by the water in
Platform boots
Always more a danger to myself than others
A twisted ankle seems a small price to pay for a dinner
Party story.
I’m always roughest on things I love
I cannot keep from touching
From leaving my mark
Butting in where I don’t belong
Bootprint in lakeside mud
Anachronism is what I pride myself on
Like,
I cannot just look pretty in a picnic dress
In my meticulously curated personality
I have to break character
Climb trees in my sitting shoes
Break them further than in
Be a menace to polite company
After all, an impression is value neutral
Alternative explanation:
-All press is good press
(and even better when I don’t have to take the time to write a release)-
Until friends of friends
Start whispering
And I can’t blame them for wanting a normal evening
Sometimes I hate how much I am too
And how much I have to ask of you
Just to meet me at the minimum of who I am.
Kindergarten 