I Had Been Alone More Than I

Let Me Live, Love And Say It Well In Good Sentences.

Yes, My Consuming Desire Is To Mingle With Road Crews, Sailors And Soldiers, Barroom Regulars - To Be A Part Of A Scene, Anonymous, Listening, Recording - All This Is Spoiled By The Fact That I Am A Girl, A Female Always Supposedly In Danger Of Assault And Battery. My Consuming Interest In Men And Their Lives Is Often Misconstrued As A Desire To Seduce Them, Or As An Invitation To Intimacy. Yes, God, I Want To Talk To Everybody As Deeply As I Can. I Want To Be Able To Sleep In An Open Field, To Travel West, To Walk Freely At Night.

For Me, Poetry Is An Evasion Of The Real Job Of Writing Prose.

I'm Happier Writing About Doctors Than I Would Have Been Being One.

A Black-sharded Lady Keeps Me In A Parrot Cage.