rule number one
don't stare at her at the office
don't even pretend
you are not staring
don't stare in some other direction
to make her think you are staring in stealth
just stay down behind your computer
in your tiny Harry
Potter cubicle
under the stairs
and pretend to work
when you are doing your best not to stare
not to exist
not to breathe too
deeply
and make any sound
don't stare at the
meeting either
especially because
you still sit
with back to the windows
when she sits across the table
illuminated,
beautiful, powerful,
arrogant, victorious and deadly
if you hold your
breath long enough
you might be reprieved by fainting
though she might
think
this is a faint to get attention
so you grip your pen
poised to take notes
on your yellow pad
and wait out the tick of the clock
like a countdown to
that point
when it is safe again
to breathe
again
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