Day: October 3, 2022

You, with your celluloid eyes and certainty,

you will only see the dollar store fairy lights

wrapped as noose around her neck,

and think softness means stupidity

and you will only see a heart on sleeve

but never see its plastic casing, the lithium

batteries and metronomic tick.

and you will never see beyond

her curated life, the witchcraft:

Behind that manicured maiden face

she has the wisdom of a crone.