Fables

She says talk like a woman,

make love just like a man, cry

like a little girl. Float like

a butterfly, sting like a bee,

you’re the only one for me.

Beauty is as beauty does,

sure as hell crazy like a fox.

43 words for Mama Zen, in the voice of the fox.

#20 of 30 Poems In November to benefit Center for New Americans.