wi statute 948.21

i Could speculate on
how i became
how i learned to say "its whatever"
in the face of
placing blame
how i learned to say
ooh girl, damn, shit and fuck
one might say the mothers never raised me that way
all 5
perhaps i've just been trying to emulate
the originals 
trying to find some glimpse within
of the one that has a shadow for a face
no name
no body
just a fragmented memory
strewn quite haphazerdly
across
a lined page

i know because i breathe.

it's tricky, wires one might balance on.
could/should i dream
she's a success who never looked back
i wouldn't want to
impose: a skeleton in a closet suddenly started walking around
asking questions
answer: reality
sometimes i wonder where these hands came from
whose eyes 
which two bodies mixed together created this
creamy peanut butter skin tone.