Lisa DeSiro
I’m a Girl. What’s your superpower?
said a familiar voice when I opened the front door a crack in answer to loud knocking. She stood there on the porch, arms akimbo, peering through the screen at me: Wonder Woman. My heart a-flutter, I stuttered Would you like to come in? We sat in the parlor. Over cookies & tea she explained her reason for canvassing the neighborhood: voter registration. Strike a blow to the patriarchy! she urged. The future is female! She was handing out souvenir wristbands. I accepted a pair, put them on. Before saying goodbye, she asked again about my superpower. I knew it, then: I’m a Girl, too.
Lisa DeSiro is the author of the poetry collectionsHer publications include Labor (Nixes Mate, 2018) and Grief Dreams (White Knuckle Press, 2017), as well as several poems in journals and anthologies. She works for a non-profit organization and is an assistant editor for Indolent Books. She is also a freelance accompanist. Read more at thepoetpianist.com.
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