photo credit: Eleni Preza
Patricia Debney
What I Might Say to the People Either Side of You Who Have Families That Visit and Furniture in Their Apartments
I am awareI look rich
What I Might Say to the People Either Side of You Who Have Families That Visit and Furniture in Their Apartments
I am awareI look rich
I am awareshe wears nothing
I mean nothing
but a sweatshirtkaftan
down to her knees
awarethe edges of her rooms
are piled with jewellery
make-up
heaps ofshoes
socks
all tangled withscissors
batteries
thaton every surfaceboxes
baskets
heave
close to falling
Yes I am awareshe cries easily
won’t venture out
ignores appointments
aware she ishelpless
pitiful
self-pitying
blameseveryone
forthis
sorry mess
includingyou
and me