Wednesday, June 3, 2009

revenge on growing up

I sat on the cleanest step
I could find
between the wads of gum


Only my dratted purse
kept me from running
pell-mel into the rain
only me being at work
kept me from singing out lustily


But nothing could stop me
from counting the seconds
between lightning and thunder
no one could stop me from
leaning out to let a few drops
fall on me now and again


Twenty minutes or so, they said
until they pick me up
twenty more minutes of restraint
from this childish longing

And then
I shall walk
slowly
to the car

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  1. TKBJune 5, 2009 at 4:34 PM

    by the end of those 20 min. you could've swam to the car...

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