That Thing About Young Women
God.
What is that most blessed thing?
That smile you get
from one of these gems
can make you feel you should
go on walking the streets another day.
Such simple
non-committal sweetness
so quick to light the way
through the drudgery of another cold day
They are not encumbered by:
the threat of age
of cellulite
reasons for feminism
the gravity of breasts
the jelling of the waist
They are:
flying as gulls
running of gazelles
moving as a lioness
in a great field of maybes
momentary foxes
full of simple and untarnished
unrestrained want
They live by no definition
no weight
and no law
just ask the victims
lying in their wake.