anymore

jolie prather
today i gave thanks
broke bread and
drank soup
to the joy
that i don't have breasts

littlebighorns
to be oohed and aahed
googled and eyed
rolled
hand over fist with

everybody knows
about that
tragedy
of
sex

but i don't want your redemption
i'm just held up by the fact
that mostly it would hurt
like hell
to sit here at this desk
crying
the way i am

head over lap
till my throat starts bleeding
and my hands give up
on their overdramatic shaking.


in a mirror
i'll watch my eyes turn black
and burn
from the cold dark iris to the white of my sclera

but my breasts won't sway
just like they don't exist

(and the child in me
still hates the man
spilling in
to so many boys and too many girls
long into the night.)

break bread.
drink christ.

give thanks
for what you do not have.