“Most noxious weeds are introduced species
(non-native) and have been introduced into an
ecosystem by ignorance, mismanagement, or accident.”
- Wikipedia

ferocious light and bloated
bloodthirsty language creeping up
our bodies our so-
called ambiguous bodies
trickling up like the slow
slink of vines trying
to strangle a tree
and also a spot-
light crawling
into our mouths sliding
across our breasts and our
cocks i mean our
clits i mean our
words our
words that we
try that we demand that we do
often use to name our
selves in the rare and sometimes
secret and always
precious
personal
moments when we are
capable when we are
allowed when we allow
ourselves when we even
bother trying
to say anything at all

- Rachel K. Zall