2013\currency

CURRENCY

It turns out I am a kind
of international currency,
not in every country,
of course, but some,
giving you bragging rights
over curry about my kitchari
or Ayurveda.
I’ve read about this in books,
how men who devalue their women
will boast about them when
they leave the room, claiming
their victories as their own.
The books I read trying to save
my life talked about such things
but what good did that knowledge
do me. Except that it got to be
something I could keep to myself,
that got to be just my own.

7/12/13