I AM A DANGEROUS WOMAN

The sharp ridges of clear blue windows

motion to me

from the airport’s second floor.

Edges dance in the foothills of the Sandias

behind security guards

who wave me into their guncatcher machine.

I am a dangerous woman.

When the machine buzzes they say

to take off my belt,

and I remove it so easy

that it catches the glance

of a man standing nearby.

(Maybe that is the deadly weapon

that has the machine singing.)

I am a dangerous woman,

but the weapon is not visible.

Security will never find it.

They can’t hear the clicking

of the gun inside my head.