by Allison Whittenberg
1st
Shake me
Kiss me
Make me
Give in
Ignore my innocence
Appeal to my curiosity
Leave me to my uncertainty
In a few weeks
I’ll worry about reputation, AIDS, pregnancy
In a few years
I’ll worry about self-esteem.
Fine
I heard
a child's scream and I ignored it
because
it was a
child's scream.
lucency
amongst a breathless, debilitating,
incapacitating,
panic attack
i
told
myself
not to panic
and...
without warning
i
was
suddenly
all
right.