how not to live like the White Rabbit
with ruby eyes scrutinizing the
most minute of pocket watches
and in a peach waistcoat you'd never guess
from what you learned in school.
so you dreamed otherwise
but never learned
to speak only when spoken to.
is this a curse a voice
offstage intones
you know, like the fairytale curse
oh no. I'm besties with the lillac fairy
who turns up at the christenings at
the very last salvaging instant
and suddenly you look outside the dream door
and the floods recede.
they recede and you go back to your beadwork
amethyst and pearl
forgetting the outside worlds
and their fine dining.
and that they are repining.
mary angela douglas 18 april 2018
with ruby eyes scrutinizing the
most minute of pocket watches
and in a peach waistcoat you'd never guess
from what you learned in school.
so you dreamed otherwise
but never learned
to speak only when spoken to.
is this a curse a voice
offstage intones
you know, like the fairytale curse
oh no. I'm besties with the lillac fairy
who turns up at the christenings at
the very last salvaging instant
and suddenly you look outside the dream door
and the floods recede.
they recede and you go back to your beadwork
amethyst and pearl
forgetting the outside worlds
and their fine dining.
and that they are repining.
mary angela douglas 18 april 2018
