Did you know dolphins sleep

with one eye open?

they have to consciously breathe//

we have it so easy

Gucci Mane has sprung from prison. I wish

I had known he’d been in Indiana

all this time-- I could have said hello

All the questions I could have asked// What

is this fascination with yellow? Why does it spread

into the street? Why am I the right shade

of paper bag// bloated

from whistles & being smacked at//

a walking packet of sugar in the raw

stubbly legs as coarse as granulates

& dubbed a mocha bitch when I do not smile

Do you turn away from your ice cream tattoo

on days when you feel fat? What flavor

did you burn to your face?

I hope it was lemon sorbet

Aren’t you afraid you look soft?        I am.

My grandmother has been visiting a pen pal

in jail. They wouldn’t let her in

last week. Her leopard pants

were too revealing. She’s okay with that.

He’d called too many times anyway,

asking her to bring salad.