Genderless with scraped knees and A lipstick crush on one who bore the same name as me Uncut brown hair untouched by bleach and Stealing kisses from my best friend while my parents lied asleep Lying in the grass with a picture book on faeries Listening to the wind whistle through our dying trees Jumping on the bed with my ***** and my bubby Giggling hand over mouth when my mother called him "hubby" Daisy chains and he loves me nots Unbrushed teeth beginning to rot ***** shoes and ***** shoelaces Visiting imagined places Pink striped socks and a skirt to mismatch Waiting for robins eggs to fall or to hatch
O, to be a child and to live within a dream To lie awake at ten past eight, imagination like a stream