She
Said
My braid
Was pretty
But that she wasn't
Interested in politics
I
Wear
A red
Dress and a
black denim jacket
One hundred SPF sunscreen
Sand
Dolls
On my
Feet like a
shadow with Velcro
Like Tevas but they're from Walmart
My
Dad
Called a
Woman fat
When I was fourteen
My stomach hurt when I heard that
She
Was
My friend's
Mom, sent to
the beach to spy on
My parents because they were mean
The
Beach
Was where
Bad things could
Happen and water
Would wash it all away with salt
Some
One
Almost
Drowned when I
Was a kid because
My dad was trying to touch me
He
Was
Spanish
Mafia
And he was sent there
To protect me from my parents
He
Swam
Really
Far out in
The water to show
That he would die to protect me
A
Life
Guard boat
Was sent out
And my dad was told
To move his car at the same time
The
Kids
Said my
Dad tried to
Act like he was on
A date with me when I was ten
I
Think
I was
Ten, maybe
Eleven, I'm not
Sure how old I was that summer
My
Mom
Looked the
Other way
And pretended not
To know what my dad was doing
Some
One
Wanted
To know what
My dad did for a
Living. He said he didn't work.
He
Said
Women
Should work so
Men can stay home with
Their kids. He said men shouldn't work.
My
Mom
Was a
Minister
Of a church and she
Was motivated by power
This
Guy
Almost
Drowned that day
And has brain damage
He said I looked like an angel
I
Wrote
Lyrics
Once about
Being an angel
Who was born to a demon's care
There
Is
A dwarf
Planet called
Sedna, named after
A goddess who lives in the sea
She
Is
Goddess
Of the sea
In Inuit myth
Her father throws her overboard
He
Chops
Off her
Fingers and
Her fingers become
All the creatures in the ocean
She
Sits
At the
Bottom of
The sea, and controls
The tides and all the animals
The
Dwarf
Planet
Named Sedna
Was discovered in
November of 2003
