I love my wee self more than my clothes
I have shoes with gap-toothed smiles
Neglected leggings kept whole with safety pins
My lockdown jacket clings to me with salty hope
Jumpers with more bobbles than a Where’s Wally convention
Pants with thumb-hole handles
Peek-a-boo socks
And when the people come with their measuring sticks
to beat me, I shall take my wee self to the hiding cave,
in shame…following the…
crumbs of shame
until I find the
cake of shame, feast
on the whole
cake of shame
Safe.
The cake of shame tastes good
All homemade cakes taste good