I need to wash my hair
and I knew that when I got up this morning
so I put it in clips and hoped
no one would notice
that the red is growing out
faster than I can get my money's worth.

Someone's been knocking all day
but he knows I'm not getting up
from this chair
that was reupholstered in zebra print
for my sister
back in the seventies.

I spent the first half of the day sitting
on the edge of the tub
wondering when she came in
and cleaned the bathroom floor and mirrors.
I know I couldn't see myself in it
when I went to bed.

There's nothing worse than a writer
living her life.

11/02/2011

Posted on 11/02/2011
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