breaking the fourth wall and then the fifth
everyone is out of character;no one can play the scene
or the puppeteers break rank in a chimerical household
and the rest of them change allegiances
the way their ancestors used to change pocket handkerchiefs
a million lines in the sand and all of them crossed
and criss crossed
who can add the sum
everyone wants to subtract from
only God is constant
and the North Star
the mothers calling their children in
when it rains.
mary angela douglas 22 february 2022
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