My Short Skirt

My short skirt
is turquoise water
with swimming colored fish
a summer festival
in the starry dark
a bird calling
a train arriving in a foreign town
my short skirt is a wild spin
a full breath
a tango dip
my short skirt is
initiation
appreciation
excitation.
 
But mainly my short skirt
and everything under it
is Mine.
Mine.
Mine.

-Eve Ensler

Painting by Elisabeth Slettnes