Table of Contents
The Pirate Anne Bonny Says She's Not the Madwoman in the Attic… 9
I
The Pirate Anne Bonny Contemplates Her Hanging 12
Root Canal at Twenty-Seven 14
The Pirate Anne Bonny Speaks to Orlando 16
I Bring Home a Lemon Tree 18
The Pirate Anne Bonny Goes Through Her Lover's Pockets 19
Love Poem with Grease and Silver 20
The Pirate Anne Bonny Advises Jane Eyre 22
Ode to Sex and the City 24
The Pirate Anne Bonny Marooned with Child 26
My Father's Face 27
The Pirate Anne Bonny Decides She Must Be a Boy 29
II
Memos for My Mother 32
The Pirate Anne Bonny Wishes Walt Whitman a Happy Birthday 37
Domestic Poem 39
The Pirate Anne Bonny and I Play Video Games 40
Rainy-Day Game with Kyle 42
The Pirate Anne Bonny Says Her Prayers 44
Women Tell Me How to Be Safe 45
The Pirate Anne Bonny Tempts Medusa 47
Bagging Groceries at Piggly Wiggly 49
The Pirate Anne Bonny Becomes Our Mother 51
The women my husband ought to love 52
The Pirate Anne Bonny Contemplates a Mutiny 54
The Wife's Lament: A Retelling 55
III
The Pirate Anne Bonny Awaits Her Prey 58
Anaconda Impregnates Herself at New England Zoo 59
The Pirate Anne Bonny and I Plunder the Cruise Ship 60
Tri-Q Initiation 62
The Pirate Anne Bonny Does Not Care about Football 64
When I played soccer all year round 66
The Pirate Anne Bonny Consults the GPS 68
Heaven 70
The Pirate Anne Bonny Dances the Tarantella 71
Acknowledgments 72
