Who are you?
I am it was all mine. My love. All so very mine
Who are you?
I am us first, everything else second
Who are you?
I am I had thought she didn’t understand anything
Who are you?
I am the vibrations that need no words for understanding
Who are you?
I am even if it’s poisoned with radiation, it’s still my home
Who are you?
I am a new address each year
Who are you?
I am no, boys, I won’t go without the cat
Who are you?
I am all the books? Yes, all the books
Who are you?
I am there’s nowhere to hide. Not underground, not underwater, not in the air
Who are you?
I am we must become our own safe place
Who are you?
I am and those who don’t know how to pray, also pray
Who are you?
I am Mary Oliver said I don’t have to get on my knees
Who are you?
I am not afraid of God, I’m afraid of man
Who are you?
I am imagining them all as children before this mess
Who are you?
I am I wanted to do something heroic
Who are you?
I am start practicing, the “moment” is now
Who are you?
I am a drunk traffic cop fines a drunk driver
Who are you?
I am trying not to be the drunk bystander
Who are you?
I am but my tooth hurt
Who are you?
I am like a thing ripened until its real
Who are you?
I am when you’re one-on-one you can still talk to a person
Who are you?
I am but intimacy does not equal agreement
Who are you?
I am for some reason everyone’s grown used to dead people
Who are you?
I am the dead man’s name I never learned on Boren Avenue
Who are you?
I am you think this is an experiment
Who are you?
I am the shutter, just like the pen
Who are you?
I am afraid to love
Who are you?
I am all joy involves risk
Who are you?
I am I’ll chop it off with an axe
Who are you?
I am crack me open again
Who are you?
I am the earth itself felt the catastrophe
Who are you?
I am the earth itself
Who are you?
I am dirt
Who are you?
I am dust
Who are you?
I am stardust

Who are you?
I am coffee before sunrise and meditation at the dining room table
Who are you?
I am like my houseplants, adjusting to the changing light
Who are you?
I am turn the music all the way up for the commute
Who are you?
I am loop after loop in Forest Park by bike and by foot
Who are you?
I am my dreams talk to me, the question is: am I listening?
Who are you?
I am 13 addresses in 10 years
Who are you?
I am go West because you want to
Who are you?
I am 15 hours in the darkroom a week
Who are you?
I am two jobs, a practicum, and a full class load
Who are you?
I am the sound machine still ringing in my ears
Who are you?
I am twirl my rings while you hold my hand
Who are you?
I am letters to and from Chouteau
Who are you?
I am my Grandmother’s rocking chair on the front porch
Who are you?
I am four women, a bucket list to make it through, and a winter that almost broke us
Who are you?
I am backyard bonfires when gathering outside is the only option
Who are you?
I am back straight, eyes open, I’m not running so knock me down if you have to
Who are you?
I am I don’t believe you but go ahead and lie to me, we’ll both pretend it’s true
Who are you?
I am dancing in the kitchen while the water boils and the vegetables fry
Who are you?
I am there’s no more room for books- we’ll have to get rid of the bed
Who are you?
I am sorrow that blurs your vision but keeps you driving anyway
Who are you?
I am set me loose outside and I’ll find my way back eventually
Who are you?
I am 6 jobs, 2 degrees, and I still don’t know what I want to be when I grow up
Who are you?
I am hoop earrings are my new superpower
Who are you?
I am look, look, and then look again
Who are you?
I am multiple trips to the community garden even before having my own plot
Who are you?
I am dirt
Who are you?
I am dust
Who are you?
I am stardust