What Do Women Want? by Kim Addonizio  Barbara's picture  Red
DressToday ends National Poetry Month. So, I want to post a poem
by Kim Addonizio. I met Kim at the Virginia Festival of the Book
in March. We stayed up half the night day with author Tanya Egan
Gibson (How To Buy Of Love Of Reading) talking books, poetry,
reading groups, and solving the world's problems. There was some
adult beverages going on, as well!  It was an excellent time and
I was honored to be included in their literary and personal
conversation. Rock on, girls!  What Do Women Want? by Kim
Addonizio  I want a red dress. I want it flimsy and cheap, I
want it too tight, I want to wear it until someone tears it off
me. I want it sleeveless and backless, this dress, so no one has
to guess what's underneath. I want to walk down the street past
Thrifty's and the hardware store with all those keys glittering
in the window, past Mr. and Mrs. Wong selling day-old donuts in
their café, past the Guerra brothers slinging pigs from the
truck and onto t