1.

Let's say Ralph Ellison's invisible man woke up a woman
Hard to ignore it (don't you think?) hard to ignore that panic

floating up to the bottom where the other sex lives, unsafe
as latex paint poured down a storm drain in the middle
of the night --

2.

You fill me
like drops, gum drops
grape, lemon, cherry & lime, little sugar dumplings
pliable as Play-Doh
lodged between my teeth --

You fill me like feet
spreading in black patent leather shoes
heels turned over too many times,
arches flattening when the foot strikes ground

As if this isn't enough, I press you
from the hollows of my bones,

point toward magnetic north & try to swim