Betsy Robin Schwartz

How did you know I'd win a poetry rodeo?

Was it that man confidence thing again?

You told me to go out and win-

well actually you said,

"go kick ass,

kick ass,

kick ass..." but-

Hey, it was a poetry rodeo, and

I put your salty words inside me, and

rode that ass-kicking horse.

Did I obey because we saddled up together?

All I thought you knew about me was my capacity

for multiple orgasms

that I scream when

I come

that I cry when

I come

that I laugh when

I come

that I can make

you come

in as many ways.

No, I put sex aside and listened.

You are a man and a musician.

Your songs too,

know the fear of your own voice.