Mary leaves her car in the circular driveway.
Mary is walking 10 blocks to take the bus.
Mary’s car is not in need of a tune up.
Mary took her poems in her knap sack.
Mary is listening to her sony walkman.
Mary has in her hand $1.25.
Mary emptied her purse of cash besides the $1.25 for the bus.
Mary is about to have a nervous breakdown.
Mary is not her real name.
Mary is listening to Franky Goes To Hollywood.
Mary no longer has sex.
Mary knows how to give really good head.
Mary is wearing a blue denim shirt.
Mary is wearing cheap tennis shoes.
Mary has her white socks on.
Mary’s jeans are loose.
Mary used to dress up.
Mary used to wear make-up.
Mary forgot to put on sunscreen.
Mary has her glasses on.
Mary is squinting.
Mary left her car in the circular driveway.
Mary is on the second block now.
Mary sees a dead calico cat.
Mary has dogs.
Mary’s nose twitches from the stink.
Mary picks up her pace.
Mary is on the third block.
Mary is on her way to take the 56 Bus on 56th Street.
Mary wonders why they named 56th Street Miller.
Mary is on the fourth block.
Mary passes two joggers.
Mary does not smile.
Mary stops for the red light.
Mary looks up at the bird on top of the light.
Mary crosses the street when the light changes green.
Mary is on the fifth block on her way to take Bus 56 on 56th Street.
Mary has never taken that route.
Mary’s car is parked in the circular driveway.
Mary thinks all doctors are quacks.
Mary does not take medication.
Mary is on the 6th block.
Mary does not remember how she got to the 7th block.
Mary is starting to perspire.
Mary is not her real name.
Mary is a simple name.
Mary is not simple.
Mary is not a simple name after all.
Mary is on the eighth block on her way to take Bus 56 on 56th St.
Mary left her perfectly good car parked in her driveway.
Mary rewinds Franky Goes To Hollywood.
Mary is on the 9th block.
Mary looks up to see Bus 56 is already at the stop.
Mary contemplates making a run for it.
Mary hears the hiss of the bus from the 9th block.
Mary wonders where Bus 56 would have taken her.
Mary wonders about premature ejaculation.
Mary remembers the taste before she swallowed.
Mary sometimes craves the taste.
Mary is celibate.
Mary feels the blister on her tongue starting to swell.
Mary rewinds Franky Goes To Hollywood.
Mary turns around and goes home.
Friday, June 03, 2005
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3 comments:
Where did you say Mary lives?
This poem is very addictive.
Mary is a good poem.
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