Confessions

True confessions.

I have hidden

Behind Mary Oliver;

To the side

Of Barbara Brown Taylor;

In the wake

Of so many women

(forget the men, for now)

(sorry, men)

(apology flows through

My Minnesota veins)

I have clung

To the hem of particular garments

When in truth

They are clothes

I could never wear.

I have even walked

In certain shoes,

They pinched my toes

Threw me off balance,

When really

I have always craved

Comfortable shoes.

I own six pair

Of the same

Comfortable shoes,

Different colors,

In the closet,

As well as pink plaid flats

For fun.

I carry a lapis wallet

For that pop of color.

It matches nothing

I own.