we read poems today
in a fort made of tattered quilts
from the wooded hollows
of Athens, Ohio
and I taught him how to steal a kiss
how to braid my hair
the word stealthy
you can be a spy
I told him
you are your mother's son
you have that je nes se quoi
too
your heart is broad and tricky
it's just how you were made

About the Author

Amy Turn Sharp

Amy Turn Sharp is a poet, freelance writer and toy maker. She wrote a poem everyday for the entire year of 2012. When she’s not writing, Amy and her husband make wooden toys for their company, . .