Departure

Running around in circles

A tall thin chaotic woman

Underground at Penn Station

Her body leaning forward

Arms and legs flailing to catch up

Slightly like a toddler

While we wait drink chat listen watch

A dark navy gingham blouse

Probably purchased with care

Spots of sweat expanding to pools

With each roundabout

She continues ignored by vendors

A phrase loud and incomprehensible

Except for “fuck” and “her” and “bitch”

 

I find myself equally curious, scared, and envious of her madness, bravery, and stamina.

 

~ by April on June 17, 2012.

One Response to “Departure”

  1. Good stuff.

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. Log Out /  Change )

Connecting to %s

 
%d bloggers like this: