A friend said, “please don’t stop your daily jottings
just because somebody mentioned the word “exhibitionist,”
or at least, send them to me”
but I have some other thoughts on the subject
I am going to start to write something different
but I won’t forget how i started
Two years ago, with him, and i was reminded
when his son came into the room
while we were skyping
and said, “Hey Georgia!”
I knew, right then,
that i was a household item
so far away, in texas
as he is for me
even if we are living
way across the country
but guess what?
once we get a plane ticket
all worked out
I am coming to houston
and I’m going to do
my biggest reading yet
for the people who
have believed in me
even when
they mistakenly thought
that I was just a teen