*****
“Why doesn’t she just…
“Hustle a ride?
“Borrow a phone?
“Just lie? What a nihilist!
“Get in a fight like a normal person?
“Make the expected trade and shut up about it?
“Put up with insults — who’s she think she is, an equal?”
Why don’t you just…
Write me a sonnet?
And while you’re at it
Rock my world with it
Make it profound
Make me think
Make me feel
What I haven’t felt since childhood
If ever before
…And by the way,
Could you lend me your phone?
*****
The poet/editor of this website is physically disabled, and lives at a fraction of her nation’s poverty level. Contributions may be made at:https://www.gofundme.com/are-you-a-patron-of-the-arts
