Can I put a sandbag on your back?
Inhale this
Eucalyptus
There, you go girl.
Breathe, let go, go limp.
We pay to be prompted
told just how to twist to open hips
close those eyes, slack your jaw and open wide.
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“Body boundaries”
she shouts
and I tickle back
“I don’t like kisses”
so I nuzzle without lips
its fun to feel her thrash—- I giggle —
my niece gives in and giggles too.
“Body boundaries I said, Auntie!”
I say, baby girl, you’re cute.
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See, asking for a body is a test
With one right answer
A ruse, without a backup plan
what happens after no?
No pull cord, no eject from
what’s the setting?
diner booth
hotel bed
conference room
I’ll fluff you for speech
get your coffee
Lie next to you in the King bed, cause I said “it was fine with me” .
“It’s your room, mama—you always choose the channel.
And i didn’t consent to watching Zelinsky
And you never said “thank you”
GIRL MOTHER 
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