Poetry: "21" By Alysia Harris

Here a lovely little poem by award-winning poet Alysia Harris, simple called "21"
1.I am as fragile as a poached egg.
2.I know how to break. I do not know how to stop.
3.My vagina is a glass jar. If I let you smash, all the lightening bugs would escape.
4.I am the rainbow bright dragon sleeping in the lions den.
5.I do not hoard gold. I do not eat men. I have met Daniel. My dreams are not my own.
6.I am vain. My actions are not.
7.I am horrible at remembering names. It’s my worst quality. Makes me feel like a bitch.
8.I hope these cracked lips is not herpes but just the heat of our exchange.
9.He and I broke up because we saw God differently. We ended because he did not see me for who I really am.
10.I’ll text you.

11.The sun and me, we are tight.
12.I can’t drive but I know the loyalty of a backseat and I would follow you anywhere
13.I learned how to smell like sex.
14.I guard my hands not my heart.
15. But this pen makes me a slut.
16.I did not skip 15 but that year was a mess.
17.I forgive like two front teeth biting into an apple
18.I think I was most beautiful when I was at his mercy
19.I am uglier now.
20.Despite its predictability, I am infatuated with the epic.
21.I cry when I kill spiders… I am still learning to love.

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