Kevin Ridgeway

Wigwam

was shorter than all of us
due to dwarfism
but she was bigger
than all of us from within
protected by her imaginary armor.
she called the shots in college
wrote epic poems,
and yelled at us
for writing bad poems.
She taught me how to walk
along the edge of existence
to find the hidden prizes
of words and music
we'd never heard before
And she told us
to shut the fuck up
and let her finish
what she was saying.