The President’s Wife

Sometimes I wonder

Is Beyoncé who she says she is

Will I accidentally live forever

And be sentenced to smile at men

I wish were dead

Is loneliness cultural

Are lips true

Is a mother still a self

Do I glow in the dark

What if men are wrong

And English isn’t sound blue isn’t color

Eyes are the window to storm

Am I too transparent in this skirt suit

Is the skirt suit a social construct

What does money cost

Should I stop talking while the ocean

Takes California hot breath takes the capital

Will ritual outlast what visits

Sleeping daughters with bad words

What lets some girls grow warm and tall

The arms of their lovers

Are rich and imaginary like me

Is desire making me sick

Building in my organs like ammunition

Tiptoeing behind my eyes until

I’m digital I’m static

Is it called desire can it speak

What does beautiful cost do I afford it

Do I roll off the tongue

Is America going to be sick

Will fat kids inherit the earth

Will you untag me from that picture

Do you think I should cut my bangs

Do I have any friends

Do you believe in me

Should I go to sleep

Try again harder tomorrow

Should I answer the phone

Who is it

Who want the world like it is

Spoke Baraka can you hear him now

Do you understand

Are calories and sitcoms

Here to make me sad

Am I a moon no one sees

Does my lipstick look okay

Am I growing tired

Of my alternative lifestyle

Or would I like a fresh glass

Is there something spectacular

In fallen trees ancient hieroglyphs

Hippie towns twentysomethings will they

Save us

Is it possible to disappear

What’s it like to be the first anything