Vintage Butch Etiquette
Leave a commentMay 27, 2024 by The Citron Review
by Mel Sherrer
I used to drive
my mother’s chevy dually
back on VA county road 606,
plumes of dust in my wake,
coating pine needles.
That’s where I learned to be a woman,
staying in the lines with no real lines,
just a ditch on either side.
Mel Sherrer is a poet and performer from Las Vegas, Nevada. She received her BFA from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, and her MFA in Poetry from Converse University in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She currently teaches courses in Performance Literature and Poetry and serves as Associate Editor for Sage Cigarettes Magazine. Find her work and more information at MelSherrer.com.
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