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Pale Pink Tights, Tutus and Cassius Clay

(Poetry by Rochelle Foles)

head banging

ballet slippers in the mosh pit

tutu and princess tights
palest pink

plea. aye?

behind the façade
beneath
palest pink princess costumes

cowers
a fighter
too fearful to tape on her gloves least her

fury
fully
unfurl

as tutu is forgotten

and all that lies within

ungirly
rough

ANGRY

INFURIATed BEYOND Mental Capacity
emotional containment

be
l
e
t

on those unbelieving that a pink tutued, pink tight wearing
chignoned
lithe
longlegged

fearful-
tooterrified 2 speak her mind for repercussion. for loss. for abandonment.

OH SOOOO GUNSHY OF EVERY LITTLE thing

could still be

(underneathitallhidingsomeonestronersomeonewithnotonefearsomeone)
[gun toting
dead aim
no fooling]
that dainty pointy toed pink ballerina

undreaming she, tho not she,could wield

a
right hook

nearly
quite
ever so nearly there
yes quite nearly

worthy

of an unbridled
untrained
enraged

Out Of His Constrained Belittled Unrecognized
Dazzling Intelligence

ignored

and
taken that one step beyond bearing

Cassius Clay.

the princess knows that mind
that bound mind
those presumptions
are all too familiar
Tho
buried
beyond
connection
she can. touch. stretch for. tap into.
they are hers
part of the soul she is blind to
as the eclipse is a part of the moon unseen by itself

nevertheless
theyareoneinthesameunchangingneverending
from

time
immemorial
to

time

a. black. whole.

one.

only one thing remains to be seen
which mirror will it be?

which comment slip from
a slovenly tongue unguarded?

what

straw

lain on

that

camel’s back

will put the first run in those pale pink tights

and
begin
the
unraveling of the

oh. so. carefully.

constructed. reality.

which pulled pin will cause
the chignon
to tumble

and thus begin

Ava
l
an
c
h
e

that
despite what the
long legged pink tutu costumed
one
t. t. e. m. p. t. s. to find those gloves and tapethemonfasterthanlightening
she

still has only that inkling of her connection to the

Greatest Fighter That Ever Was.

frightened and worn and self doubting
at. this. moment. as . the ballerina is

is
there

any possiblewayforhertotapin?

to
s
u
cc
e
s
s
f
u
l
l
y

CONQUER

or
at least to
postpone this

ARMAGEDDON?!!

or after all these years of belief?
of surviving
battle after battle

just to reclaim her sunny disposition
pull on those palest pink tights
step back into her pink tutuofpower

will this be the hour of her vanquishing?

do those pale pink princess accoutrements
still hold for her their promises?

is it time

to strap on the gloves and tap into
her
twin.
t
o
r
t
u
r
e
d

butohsostrongsounabletobebeatendownsoul.

always
the
lone
one

how
can a proper
chignoned
tutued
pinklegged
brokenhearted
princess

a
l
o
n
e

in
the

universe

know

when it’s the right time to strike

and
who would she now-
if
there
ever
was

a
n
y
o
n
e

who would she

call. upon.
to help her now.

[as if in this fairy tale there ever was anyone

alone
is alone
is as alone as a dead man in the ground]

and still
she
finds
a way

to
see
tomorrow

will
not

today.
daydreams:
when do u think
if ever
they quit
being nightmares
and
leak
full
force
REALITY

into
waking
daylight

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(Poetry by Rochelle Foles)

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