alternate uses for wedding dresses

1
snowflakes--
this is what scissors
are for-- for
making cloth into
water crystals--
veil after
veil-- make
me a promise--
just one
2
what are you 
thinking about?
3
a sleeping bag--
the backseat of
my car has
been a living room--
take your shoes off
at the door
4
become a cloud
& let the children
point at you
& guess what
animal you are
5
paper napkins 
for our laps
at the diner where
the biplanes 
turn into
angles out
the big glass windows--
dad doesn't notice 
6
parachute
off the arm  
of the sofa--
off the knee of
a horizon mountain--
call the rocks
'grandfather'
7
communion dress--
8
ice the birthday
cake-- take
the corner piece
for yourself
9
table cloth me
with your elbows 
10
come out of the 
dressing room--
show us
11
curtains-- 
light bleeding
through your 
skin-- what good
is blood
when all it
does is escape 
12
tourniquet
at the thigh--
you are
an atrophy-- 
a frayed wire
selling smoke--
burn down
the fire place
13
kindling-- 
1
has someone else
worn my mom's
wedding dress?
were they in
love or fear?
2
what are you thinking
about now?
3
wrap yourself
tighter when you
sleep-- make
use of your tongue
as a bow--
4
when you rain
make it sleet
so they know 
you were dirty 
5
wear reds lips
wipe off
your mouth--
leave it on
a napkin in 
the bathroom 
for another girl
6
if you happen
to experience
flight don't
tell anyone else--
when you land
you will be
on the other
side of the boarder
escape
7
cross yourself
8
lick icing from
your fingers
9
break the list--
fold it into
a paper airplane--
10
follow
the bread trail
Amelia Earhart 
left when
she turned into
a wedding dress
1
i'm telling you
this so you
know all there
is to be done
with spare white
clothe 
1
i'm telling you 
this because 
i have scissors 
& a mountain &
a mouth