if slipping
through your fingers
makes
you seasick
at night
if you
saw yourself in half
if your city is built
on
the back of a whale
and you
wake up with fear
in
your hand
or spiders
in
your wedding cake
a black eye
on
your wedding day
if
you can roar
and
still protest
with gasoline
on your wedding dress
say it loud
and answer yes
I was born that way.