BARE: UNCENSORED POETRY
30/30Project Day #8: FOR ADIE

FOR ADIE
We breathed Golden Circles Forgetful of time and money We were fuelled by hope Driven by love
We were (energy) hurricanes?
Sitting in the margins under Golden Arches We found our sisters by choice Sidestepping suits, we created Flowerful calendars brimming with hope To track our drills.
No time for rehearsals
Rolling each other up the hill And through the garden We finally stood Centre stage In the People’s House.
Ice cold glasses, chilled champagne Overflowing teapots and Stacks of receipts Tell the story Of body paint to pantsuit.
Outsiders then, disrupters now Hefty cards don’t matter; they never did> Part of the mob, down south, you say Our crowded marginalia intersect.
We dance under Flowerworks. Tempered by pain. Tickled by bubbles, we laugh. We scream, we cry And then we live.
This is an unedited first draft for Day#8 of the 30/30 Project for Tupelo Press.
Over the course of February, I will write a poem daily. This process highlights the iterative nature of the craft, peeling back the curtains that can act as barriers.
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