I pulled myself along
the freezing tile,
leaned over the shower,
My teeth went through
the grinder as my brain
was struggling to breathe.
I vomited and vomited.
I had no water to drink.
I had no one beside me.
In the other room they
were laughing,
they were laughing
they were laughing,
and I had no water to drink.
No one beside me.
I began to quiver,
I began to call out,
but nobody heard me,
I'm so cold, I'm so cold, I'm so cold, I'm so cold, I'm so cold,
I'm so cold, I'm so cold, I'M SO COLD, i'm so cold, i'msocold.
So,
I pretended I was talking to Mary.
I'm not sure what made me go to her,
I whispered her questions, and answered.
Mary asked what was going on with Lauren.
"We don't talk much.
She's trying to find her freedom.
She was a kindness, and now she looks at me with hate."
Mary asked if I was okay.
"Aside from just throwing up, I'm dandy."
Mary asked if I had another girl in mind.
I laughed detached,
"I drank so someone would take care of me,
and there's no one beside me,
and I'm freezing,
and they're laughing,
and Tyler is so far away,
and this tile is bitter,
and I'm SO COLD!" I roared,
hoping someone would come and aid me
to rest.
My phone lit up to my side,
a message,
Kyri said she is moving on,
that was the fourth woman
to tell me that in the last week.
There was a shift in the movement
in the next room,
I thought they remembered me,
but they were all leaving.
Copyright 2010 by J. J. Hutton