Her Children Were Born Caesarean -—
By Choice As Rumour Goes And Not
Inadequate Design; Now It May Well
Explain Their Leaving. Absences Are
Clarified In Terms Derived From Why
The Silence Spells A Shaky Calm -— A
Reign Of Terror Quelled, It May Say
Nothing More About Her Than A Still
To Be Resolved Innuendo Hinting At
A Neighbour-‘s Unsavoury Character.
She Walks A Thin Line Between Self-
Actualisation And Numb Isolation, A
Place Where Six Packs Of Bourbon &
Coke Make Much More Sense. If Self
Esteem Came Tailor-Made In Cans And
There Were No Come-Backs For Past
Mistakes She-‘s Bound To Be Okay.
Weekends I Sit In The Bleachers Glad
For Peace; Her Kids Drove Us Crazy
Wrecking Cars From Dawn -Ë—til Dusk.