Alicia Ross

I am a girl with

a forgettable face

No matter my colour

no matter my name

At work there is a boy

and he treats me well

My old friends

from high school

I see them around

August is here

I can't believe how fast

Soon there will be winter

and snow on the ground

Maybe by then I could

get my own place

Closer to the city

if that's ok

But Mamma can you feel me

As I dragged on

my day's last cigarette

He pulled me so hard off my

Very own back door steps

And he laid me in his garden

All the years

i've watched him tend

And then he took me Mamma

So I could never

tell you about it

Inside of this moment

there are

Things I wish I could know

Like my ring size

your ring size

And the hour I was born

My dad's middle name

your favourite song

Was your darkest day

as dark as this one?

Mamma can you feel me?

As I dragged on

my day's last cigarette

He pulled me so hard off my

Very own back door steps

And he laid me in his garden

All the years

i've watched him tend

He took me Mamma

So I could never

tell you about it

Now I'm a girl who's face

they'll never forget