Roller Derby

I almost didn't post this.  But hey, here it is.  I think we are, all of us, several people.  The idea is to get everyone together, on one team.

I am peopled by bitches

With short Roller Derby names:

Gert

Flo

Pru

Ang

They demand to be called

By their shortened names

So they will be named out loud

More often,

Held and cherished

And part of me.

Gert is my Depression:

The black dog with her red spiked collar.

Flo:

She Who Must be Indulged

She will take some time

To love

But love her I will.

Pru:

The Small One Who Must be Heard

She has been waiting for years

With bows in her hair.

Ang is my Anxiety:

The pit bull:

She goes for the jugular

With even imagined threat

So I may lay even lower.

I am peopled by bitches

With Roller Derby names.

They are part of my team.

There is no “I”

In team.

There is only we,

All of us together

A pack of bitches.

We demand

To be recognized.