sometimes as Lo

I am the book of Dolores B. Haze
otherwise known as Dolly
(sometimes as Lo) age twelve
and almost a quarter

I come with a curse

and my pages
are private

if you read me, be warned

I am the Book of Dolores
beware:

put me back in my box
and be happy

Kim Morrissey, Poems For Men Who Dream of Lolita