closets

 my friend complained (with mock outrage)
 that i'd never showed her my poetry
 when i would just give it away to strange women

 but the thing about poetry is you do it
 for yourself then offer it
 to everyone and no one in particular

 and the thing about strange women
 is that sometimes the closet doors
 get kicked in and sometimes
 you leave them ajar
 and wait for the question