Menarche to menopause
Matisse to
Modigliani
Mondrian to
Michelangelo
Fifty-‐five years ago
Misspelled menstruation
I was fifteen
Heartthrob
Ivy leaguer
Menstrual cramps
Kept me from writing more
A wandering minstrel
I a thing of…
I’m a girl
I’m a girl
Wild crazed crush
Building my
Ivy resume
Weekend at each one
Or an equivalent
Amherst and
Wesleyan
Before high school graduation
Piece by piece
I hand myself over
To my mother
Patchwork
Wasp
Ivy suitor sought
