By Jem Ashton
Good Bird
Tangled between lines
I say to myself good bird
What was meant to be girl
almost became boy
blurred
and was bird instead
For my dentist, I am so
Sweet candy
you say I’m good
You can see I’m flossing
and indeed that’s what this is
Flossing for you
and I will not stop my flossing
For the job you want
Dressed
alone in my apartment
Straight up and down
chest to thighs, flat
What do you want to be
and I wish I could say dentist