The Bicycle Year

2015

from The Bicycle Year:

the sun arrived today and / women / are walking around with their legs out / women / are tying up their hair in ribbons or cutting it off entirely / women / step light as meringues / women / drive in cars and fix their bicycles / women / stretch a lot and breathe / women / teach each other to be / women / and sometimes they are wrong about it / women / ask other / women / if they are ready / all the / women / on tv are / women / drink tea and coffee sometimes too / you may have seen one before / a woman / you probably are one / when / women / meet each other they know because of the secret wink that only / women / know / I went to sleep with worms in my stomach / woke up / a woman / houses are houses except when they are / women / paintings are soft so that / women / will like them / paintings are soft so paintings are / women