इ ऍम नोट थिस और ठाट

I am not Lia Jennifer Jackson Brown Phillips Tanaka Coco Rodriguez Campbell Yaranon Hall
I am not yet
I am not a muzak rendition of "Let It Be"
I am not dry

I would like to be a deep-sea diving astronaut
an ascetic neurosurgeon
a hyperpolyglot philologist or poet
a diplomat who plays drums in a rock band

I will become inappropriate for city life
fly a trapeze in the jungle
maybe do some mechanical work on rocket ships for extra cash
I will become a hobbyist for underwater paraphernalia
I will become the kind of old person who always buys the same kind of shoes
when my soles have worn thin
or at least live and die with someone who does
I will become a spinster who reads a French newspaper on Sundays
understanding not a word, but femme sole
I will crochet all of the hairs and dental floss I find into a new outfit for the Statue of Liberty
I will become the sister I have always wanted