Untitled #21

I have stolen myself
from TV Dinners
Dreaming of Jeanie
on velvet couches
where rooms force exclusion
and small children
are too cruel -
I will strike with
my stolen teeth from Omaha
and all it's wild kingdoms
against those that would
have me locked in basements
waiting for punishments
that already were.
With spotlessly cleansed mouth
I mouth these words...
I am more than your self-loathing,
more than your love, I AM.