a muted thunderstorm.

I am toxic, erbium, uranium,

heavy water, nuclear waste.

I am the child of the golden arches,

Superman's little girl.

I am a dodecahedron

one face towards the sky,

one to the ground,

two eyes on England, four on the

Middle East, and the other fourteen

eyes on myself.

i am food stamps, welfare, layoffs

and cardboard signs that read:

"please help food, job, money. God Bless"

I am not proud.

I wanna make you do the hoola-hoop around the gym. Just to get a peek again.