Being Female

I had a broken heart
When I was six
And ten
And twelve
And fourteen
And sixteen

And twenty-four

I threw those pennies into
The fountain of Youth
When I was twenty-four
and thrity-two
and forty-three
And fifty-two

I knew I was female
When
I had a broken heart
and threw pennies
Into the fountain of Youth
And learned that

I am beautiful
because I am

Female.