hetereosexual women
are talking about the
literacy gap
intellectual gap
empathy gap
in men
like we're dilapidated homes
makers come with caulk
to fill in the cracks
are we under construction?
we would happily say:
i'm a work in progress
while men come
prefabricated
as is
i went on a date
where a man bragged
about living in his first home
with just an inflatable mattress
that was his informal offer
so i think
what i bring to the table
is the table
but maybe
i do have gaps
a height gap
tooth gap
thigh gap
that needs fulfilling
I did a live reading of it last night which was kind of risqué given a several of writing peers were published/winning awards (you know esteem). But I've decided I'm not someone who has a reputation to uphold so anticipate the unhinged.