Thursday, July 4, 2024

Puppet master April 12, 2012

 


When she texted me about the hair brush,

I was tempted to ask which end she used,

the smart aleck response I might

 have spouted out in junior high,

 which might have made her angry

 just the way my remarks did with bullies back then.

Just why she told me this, I may never know,

 just as I may never know more about her than I know now.

I am too caught up in what I think she is,

 yet haven't a clue if what I what I think is real,

if she actually likes me, or if she just likes

yanking my chain with remarks like

she made about the brush,

to see how shocked I might get,

though I would like to think she trusts

 to tell me these things,

 though i don't quite trust myself to believe it,

feeling as if I am a puppet

she the puppet master,

 each time she pulls a string,

 my limbs jerk

 and I do what she wants.

 


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