by Lorri Primavera
1.
Happiness.
I’ll have none of that exaggerated
full body
clapping in delight
joyful amusement
virginal wonder
belly laughing milk spouting out of noses
my team won birth announcement congratulations,
you get a raise
HAP HAP HAPPINESS
Plain Happiness… please.
2.
I thought a leaf was a bird
It didn’t flew
It blew
3.
The ball threw itself over the fence
and I don’t blame it
4.
I called myself an animal
I think I’m an animal
I called myself Jenny
I think I’m Jenny
I called my think my animal
