Let My Life As Poet Begin. I

When Alone I Am Not Aware Of My Race Or My Sex, Both In Need Of Social Contexts For Definition.

To Me Success Means Effectiveness In The World, That I Am Able To Carry My Ideas And Values Into The World--that I Am Able To Change It In Positive Ways.

My Aunt Could Not Have Been The Lone Romantic Who Gave Up Everything For Sex. Women In The Old China Did Not Choose. Some Man Had Commanded Her To Lie With Him And Be His Secret Evil.

No Husband Of Mine Will Say, "i Could Have Been A Drummer, But I Had To Think About The Wife And Kids. You Know How It Is." Nobody Supports Me At The Expense Of His Own Adventure.

...i've Learned Exactly Who The Enemy Are. I Easily Recognize Them-business-suited In Their Modern American Executive Guise, Each Boss Two Feet Taller Than I Am And Impossible To Meet Eye To Eye.