Sunday, January 27, 2008

Ode to Clinginess

Ode to Clinginess

by Sophie Mootz

Like electrons and protons

And girls with long clean hair at birthday parties filled with balloons

And goat-heads hidden throughout hikes in the southwest

Impossible to separate from Cocker Spaniel coats

And Velcro on shoes

And clothing and other

Functional purposes

And cat hair on velvet

And lint on flannel

And boys overthrown

By emotional insecurity

Stuck in a clashing culture of crevices

Where age-old paradigms

Are passed down

In the mismatch of

An ever-changing society

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