Her Own Cause

chipped and bleeding
nailpolish
picked away piece
by
piece

followed by
(pop!)
spiced bubblegum
and Postal Service
drumming ear
beats.

rebel with no cause
but what she knows
herself,
only herself,
fighing every day,
night,
day.

her cause is unseen
and yet scorned
lovely and beautiful and enchanting
yet cruel, ruthless, and
sly.

her cause is herself
and how she fights to
keep social expectations
away

and herself,
fighting