The Odds Were in Our Favor: Shaina Phenix

April 10, 2020 Kate Belew with Shaina Phenix (Christiansburg, Virgina)

The odds were in our favor 

we danced ourselves mad with this knowing

we said no like a prayer 

we sharpened our tongues on a god's body

and then we laughed. 

We are rebels with every cause 

and I am running out of hands for counting 

and I am moving like salt in an ocean 

The odds were in our favor, our favorite

How wonderful our love affair with fate

I don't even mind if we get caught. 

We are too much of everything and uncontainable