My momma told me to be afraid of strangers.
They are dangerous and loose and crazy and up to no good.
But what she didn’t know, what she didn’t see or think
was that when she implanted that seed in me
It just made me want to be
the one she warned me about.
Poet and Author originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, and a lover of words, expressions, and creativity. Mother of one, Member of the Ohio Poetry Association, a former member of the California Writers Club, Winner of the Barry Wright Scholarship for Poetry, and consummate Dorothy Parker, Nikki Giovanni, and Chuck Palahniuk fangirl.
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