does she keep a calendar
in her room above her
bed
where she marks each day
of her 6-week
sentence
with a big red x
trying to ignore the parade of inmates
who envy those few precious crumbs
she has and they want
the hard day in and day out conflict
of people always
hungry
for more than they have
all imprisoned together
each setting off a
time bomb
in each other's heads
an imitation of a world
they will have to return to
at some point where
they
will all have to deal
with
more than hunger for crumbs
does she count out
each day
hoping that in the
end
it does not lead to
an imaginary hangman's noose
but to some measure
of control
she and others could
not find
when struggling alone
in a world so stacked with temptation
how does she cope
or hope to
when she gets better
is she really prepared for what comes
after the last x is crossed
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