career women
with predatory faces
took advantage of
my incoherence
and haunt
my hazy mornings
filled with shame
and disgust
I felt sick,
not from the hangover
but from the unsightly
grotesque that lay
beside me

so I waited...

I waited for them to
leave the room so
I could follow my clothes
that I had just thrown
out the window

only to realize
it was my place
we were staying at

I’ve done this
so many times
I should be an
Olympic gold medalist
for female springboard diving