D.A. Powell

Five Poems

Papa’s Got a Brand-New Handbag

went by pepper grindr
when you was loose
went by minnie meatballs
when you was large

when you was large
as a liza impersonator
and then you got fit
all in one summer
because he left
and called you heifer
as he left you

what is the new nom now my dear
is it something you throw
in a skillet do you
kill it with your bare hands
is it sauced is it bland
are you bland dubois again
I thought you gave it up
on that streetcar named
desire shit stella oh stella
oh stella four-star

my dear it’s the 21st
century here you don’t need
a new drag name you need
a new drag

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