for DBG
she loves the word liminal
loves flirting
with the fluid edges of the way we
know things
knows how to kiss a woman
knows the imaginary line where a man’s neck
segues into his shoulder
she’s pale and blonde
and grew up in vietnam
thailand
crossing porous borders as the vietcong closed in
and fell back
(cobra eggs hatching in her childhood garden
under her father’s military boots)