Enigmas

Individual
little-miss
musthidebehindmyself
no makeup
eyes constantly saluting nothing
never going to be a supermodel
skinny jeans are just too big
and sweatpants never look right.

desperately devoted
to glam rock gods, vegetation
lonely nights
and the chewed ends of pencils
not to mention politics and incense
which offer up convulsions of repulsions
to certain passerbys

Longer of
brotherhood, sisterhood, sportsmanship, kinsmenship, penmanship
eternal knowing, eternal seeing, eternal beings
the friend of Eve, of Mary Magdelene, of Mother Mary, and Mothers
(the Friend of Jesus through slow-trusting eyes)

pacifist one minute
admiring Barbie and Ken
through a glazed glass eye
revolutionary the next
as Barbie and Ken receive a whole new sharpie makeover
on their perfectly plastic faces

The one who waits
for the pink-white feathers of the dove
perched upon heartstrings
to brush a blush across lifeless lips

you are my equal.
you will always be exactly like me
(enigma)
because you'll never be
anywhere near
exactly like anyone else.