The Screamers

Outside is another world.
A neighbor fills her television dinner
With too much pepper and screams.
One woman stabs her door with a sword.
Another, overweight, steps in the shower
And screams, 'Fat! Fat! Fat!'
A man who takes flying lessons
Soars high in the clouds to scream.
Another dives to the bottom of his pool
Where he screams underwater.
I like an interior, smiling scream.
When you walk past me on the street
I nod my head to you and, smiling, scream.
You never hear me through the smile.

Anonymous

CORNERS ON THE CURVING SKY

Our earth is round,
and
among other things
That means that you and I
can hold
completely different
Points of view and both be right
The difference of our positions
will show
Stars in your window
I cannot even imagine
Your sky may burn with light,
While mine, at the same moment,
Spreads beautiful to darkness
Still, we must choose
how we separately corner
The circling universe of our experience
Once chosen, our cornering will determine
The message of any star and darkness
we
encounter.


Please note: Gwendolyn Brooks has been widely listed as the author of "Corners On The Curving Sky," however, the esteemed MS. Brooks proclaimed that she was NOT the author.

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