Heather Truett
Pretender
Honduras and America are similar women.
They just don’t dress themselves the same.
Honduras paints her body fierce.
America chooses neutral shades.
They just don’t dress themselves the same.
The U.S. borrows her mother’s pearls.
America chooses neutral shades.
Honduras wears rivets on leather.
The U. S. borrows her mother’s pearls.
America looks like the safest dream.
Honduras wears rivets on leather.
Both women are likely to kill you.
America looks like the safest dream.
That makes her more dangerous to me.
Both women are likely to kill you,
But only one pretends you are free.
Heather Truett is a writer, a mother, and a somewhat heretical pastor’s wife. Her credits include: The Mom Egg, Vine Leaves Literary, Tipton Poetry Journal, Drunk Monkeys, Panoply Zine, and the Young Adult Review Network.
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