Password
written by: Julia Caroline Knowlton
@julia_knowlton
Password must contain special characters
Ampersand/dollar sign/equal sign/dash
Password must contain at least one number
Eight eighteen/one eighteen/name of first pet
Midnight now dead/unlucky black cat
Password must be at least six characters
Daughters’ initials/heart heavy with
Love them so much it hurts
Birth month/blank January/not secure
Mother’s maiden name/she is old now
Yet still a girl on a farm
Have you forgotten your password?
Hands poised over keyboard staring into space
Name of Kindergarten teacher/no way
Childhood best friend/no relation now
Click here/Hit enter/is this your customized image?
How did this all happen/an email has been sent
Julia Caroline Knowlton PhD is Professor of French at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta. She is an MFA candidate in poetry & creative nonfiction at Antioch University in Los Angeles. She holds an American Academy of Poets College Prize, and is the author of the award-winning memoir _Body Story_ (2004). "Sorority Girl, 1984" is the second chapter of her new memoir.
Latest posts by Julia Caroline Knowlton (see all)
- To Dreamers - September 18, 2017
- SORORITY GIRL, 1984 - July 25, 2017
- Rain After Drought - December 19, 2016
