Anna Lux Petro
MA, I WAVE GOODBYE
to my skin and bone mortality;
I pledge thickness to this
kin. Ma, I wave goodbye
to hopes of ever being
a permanently sixteen
porn star queen. Ma, I
wave goodbye to feathers
vacuumed tight. Ma, I
wave goodbye; I steep
in the substance of my
own flesh. Ma, I wave
goodbye; I love the feeling
of eating, being weighted,
stretching my outside
to fit more inside. Ma,
I wave goodbye; I have
breasts, my thighs chafe,
I like it here.