I unfurled like a zucchini flower
in olive oil--
let down the hair I didn't have anymore
so the frost can
braid honey-suckles into a crown
into a halo
into a jump rope
into a hop scotch board
into merry go round.
Put my curls into pig tails
into bunny tails
into sting-ray tails
into squirrel tails
into platypus tails 
play four-square with the chick-a-dees.
feed them gummy worms
and the crumbs from my 
peanut butter sandwich crusts.
I unfurl like a fruit roll up
but I trade it for pretzel sticks.