Frazzled, With No Way Out.
by @elephants-and-coyotes
She pushed her cart so frankly,
Eyes straight forward -
Never sidecast,
Nor down to the tray
Showing a splendid array
Of treats
I knew
Were mine.
But then that woman
Went blinking mad!
Racin' her goodie cart
Much too fast,
Rudely ahead,
At things I
Yet
Had said -
Her gown
Screaming
A bloody red.
--
Hair yanked
My eyes
Down -
The drone had stolen my gown!
Rattling wheels
Still forging ahead -
She had given me her
Flute and her
Tongue-tied suit,
(The suit that I knew
Gave them
Control over you),
Her wolf eyes
Wide,
And dead.
My filed down nails
Grew into claws,
Clenching my empty cup,
"I did not drink it!"
"I will not drink it!"
Then the cup was filled back up.
That woman stood still
In front of me -
Hands tied down to her sides,
As she silently mouthed her
Starch-white song,
"There's nowhere
You can hide."
I hurled my cup
With that bitter water
At her blaringly
Condemning
Face,
"I will not eat
Your grinning sweets!
You won't keep me
In this place!"
--
Nuts and bolts
Flying and Floating -
Stinging a rip
In time,
Punctuation
Chasing my words,
In haste -
But,
No trace of her
Could I find.
--
Too much parepin in my water.