distance – Temperamentally Tina

Don’t sneeze.

Don’t sneezethe fear in me will riseand I may explode no surprise. Several cents never enough for a dent in all these debtsand we all must smile submitting to their denial. Another dollar and several more as they’re coughing on the sales floor I wince as they tap my back and ask for a measurement,Continue reading “Don’t sneeze.”

Distance is better.

All the bodies walking offthis way and that way,the distance is better. Apart far enough in which their chaos cannot bleedright into me and their presence is acknowledged without reaching meand allowing their painto seep within. When their pain is feltI lay down the shivers take me as I try to force it out thatContinue reading “Distance is better.”