By Misti Velvet Rainwater
Date: 16 February 1999

identity crisis

    so easily they scare
    too easily they are
         intimidated
  i suppose i should sip Sprite
   with maybe a splash of gin
       and giggle a lot
    and twirl a strand of hair
       around my finger
 and ask a lot of simple questions
     but instead I believe I'll keep on
 lighting candles
 reading books
 writing poetry
      drinking Jack Daniels with maybe a splash
                 of Coke
  loving strangers as they laugh
      wondering if I'm
         for real