1974

I was born in 1974

on a calm meticulous street

someplace in the sun

oh the air was sweet

and enough lights sprang sparks

through the window of the room

not as raw to a ridiculous tune

slightly out of key in the mother hour So leave me alone

So leave me alone

So leave me alone

I'm busy breaking bones I was born in 1974

in a breached feet-first way

my twin opened the door

my very first dose of chivalry

I was dawned princess potential potent

with gold star and matching impression

big between two doors

small and loved and proud and unthreatened So leave me alone

So leave me alone

So leave me alone

I'm busy breaking bones I bet you were strong

when you should have been weak

like a dam that wanted to break

I wish I were the stones

your river learned to roam

in whispering gaze You were told in a kind North Carolinian way

to slow down, back up, or be hated

thank god you did not

and thank god you did

an angel either way So leave us alone

So leave us alone

So leave us alone

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