PUZZLE PIECES
People whispered my name
behind their hands.
The clock, meanwhile,
would momentarily grow large,
the blue flowers
on the yellow wallpaper
opening just a crack.
*
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS
Wherever I go,
men are fighting
over women or loot.
The abandoned
write their names
on scraps of paper
and drop them
through the bars
on the windows.
I have the same
sudden feeling
of unease as I had
during previous visits.
The greeter nods
hello and then
resumes applying
her black lipstick. LS
People whispered my name
behind their hands.
The clock, meanwhile,
would momentarily grow large,
the blue flowers
on the yellow wallpaper
opening just a crack.
*
WHEN ALL ELSE FAILS
Wherever I go,
men are fighting
over women or loot.
The abandoned
write their names
on scraps of paper
and drop them
through the bars
on the windows.
I have the same
sudden feeling
of unease as I had
during previous visits.
The greeter nods
hello and then
resumes applying
her black lipstick. LS