She is positive
her negative
view point
has sustained
her soft edge
by tainting
her white
broken down
picket fence
defenses
which would have
kept out
bulldogs
and burglars
yet kept her
living in a bubble
without
bumble bees, bugs
and bullies
and since
she has always
been passed
around like
an open bottle
of discount wine
she sometimes
feels
unsavory
yet still sweet
like battered
butter
something that
melts on
the wonderful
Wonder Bread
sheets of her
lover’s bed
Ivan Jenson, USA
The Social Poet 