“ A Gorgeous Feathered Boa ”
from The Dinner Party Reading Performance Series by T . Jenese Thompson
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Most of the time I feel soft , hanging ever so gently , draping stylishly traveling , tousling about globally like a scarf
Right now I ’ m feeling like a Pareo - a Tahitian Sarong , flowery loose like the wind , flirting with the water , teasing the sand on holiday
But soon I ’ ll have to meet the people and they ’ ll want to turn me into a foulard - an organized tailored pattern style of a scarf , the sort that makes a nice tie to accompany a suit
and the anxiety of the affair of never getting the act right makes me seem a boa
a bit of a mess a frazzled feathered mess
“ a gorgeous feathered boa ” of a mess , one said
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feathered
14 iF Magazine | June 2016