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I am Becoming

by v.m.

not in the pretty, 
look-in-the-mirror way
to address
self
I am being
I look the way I look
because I was born
woman
not because
I poke and prod
and paint and pant
to be pretty
inviting
I invite you to the parlor 
of my mind
where I have no look
but a texture
feel
my self
becoming whole

v.m.