Career anxiety

Asteroids by Dave Makes

places to hide

let me ball it up

a tiny orb

my pebble in David’s slingshot

send it to sleep among the asteroids

mute and grey

let’s starch and iron it

flat, white

a cotton dress

tuck it in my quiet closet

whisper with the wool

and silky shawls

help me build an all-consuming blaze

that will take it, yellow and blue-silver

Swoosh.

sweep it away with tired embers

smoky ash

close it, solemn

as a heavy tome

one line:

It is finished.

slide it spine-side-out in line

lean into the mirror just to watch it

fold itself in crows feet

become my eager smile

ring in laughter

melt away

CML

7-2-13