I think today I�ll need a mermaid fix
voices are surrounding me
people are lying to themselves
and others
too obvious for a stranger eavesdropping
Now all I want is the peace of sleep
someone had an incident with Band-Aids this weekend
and we laughed like children in the study room.
I forgot for a minute or two�.
I think I am doing that writing
-channeling something-
maybe it�s me?
rebelling against the telling of what
I mean to say.
I see Toby in the door.
I am wishing the planchette would spell out
my name,
at least then I�d know Hill House wanted me.
We have the same laugh,
but I think I�ll hide mine in my bunny bag
let her guess the rest
what lies in my chest
I ate the world and starved the stone
Manderly won�t let me ever come home
it burned again on my way back from work.
Well, I guess who I am waiting for just won�t be coming
today or tonight or tomorrow
So I will gather my books
and my overturned wineglass
and be on my way...
To suck in my fill of the merons and kelpies
as close as I can without drowning