Tanya Stepan

AMBITION Last night I dreamt I changed into a man. I walked proudly despite my surgery, my newly hung penis glorious. I sent friends announcement cards of my news. My exhilaration, my confidence protruded ahead of me. And now I have nothing left to be bitter about.         WHY NOT SCHEME FOR PURE DOMINION? Wouldn’t it surprise the husband? Catch him at his historic crime: Easy superiority, complacent success. What other fortune have I found? It’s Tuesday, I must drag the garbage to the curb. There’s no going back, and I wouldn’t want to.       - - - - - -

Tanya Stepan has an MFA in poetry from Sarah Lawrence College. She lives in Rhinebeck, New York, with her husband and five children and is currently working on a book-length manuscript. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The South Carolina Review, Zone 3, Confluence, Schuylkill Valley Journal Of The Arts, Oregon East, Pearl, and Wisconsin Review, among others.