SWEATER

SOMETIMES I’M SOFT

BUT SOMETIMES

I’M ITCHY

I’M ONLY WARM

WHEN YOU’RE WITH ME

I’M COLD

WHEN I’M ALONE

I’M AFRAID OF BIRDS

AND STORMS

AND HAIRBRUSHES

AND CLOTHES DRYERS

AND OF MY OWN LOOSE THREADS

I’M AFRAID OF BEING

LEFT IN THE RAIN

AND FOREVER FEELING

SMALL

MY PARENTS ARE SHEEP

BUT I DON’T FOLLOW THEIR SHEPHERD

MY BABY IS A BALL OF LINT

(2019)