Oops. I forgot I live in
a world where I can be a grateful ass
instead of a pessimistic ray of
sunshine. I can touch breasts and
each of them can be my favourite.
I can make a cake and not add
toe nails and blood and spit in
the batter. I can buy my friends a
pear and not gloat about it for a
lifetime. I can dress up
in walnut shells and flour and I
can throw tar at the world.
I can drink up languages and drag
diphthongs across spacetime.
I can love the world for caring too
much about the fact that my brother
was never born. I can not put
sunscreen on my ankles. without
fail, I can accept the dare, a
double dare even. I only forgot.
I only forgot that I am only a
teenager.