I Want

I want to be the person
            who in bumper-to-bumper at 5:45
            waves the other driver in.

I want to be the writer
            who makes you feel at home
            in a fairy tale.

I want to be the teacher
            that helps you find yourself in the
            sticky-glorious American past.

I want to be the “Saint”
            who actually, occasionally,
            acts like it.

I want to be the woman
            who keeps
            wanting.

-Jenel Alan

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