By Misti
Date: 2002 Apr 27
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Swan Song

he would like to turn me into a
         Jennifer!
         Aimee!
         Traci!
or Michelle
he would like to blink his eyes and
transform me into a
white bread
silver spoonfed
Vidal Sassoon head
debutante crowd pleaser
with Daddy wrapped around
my itty bitty finger
and Mommy blowing me kisses from
her Junior League meetings
and Big Bro at Harvard
and Lil Sis Miss Teen Spirit USA
writer of an award-winning essay on
the dangers of marijuana
and the secondhand inhale

he would like to weave a spell
that would remove the clouds
from my eyes
dry up my Cherokee blood
dilute it with Germany
or England
and then
for good measure
dip me
in powdered sugar
and feed me
to his demons