Rarely left alone
for obvious reasons,
when given more than
a minute in solitude
She would start a poem
or worse-
(See)
Dependable as ever
they required her presence
while there was still time
together-no stability
stays the same
(after all)
And dutiful too,
as anyone could be,
she served herself last, cleaned up
after others
with a smile [happy]
And far away gaze,
busy going nowhere
(and getting there)
The blame belonged
not to poetry
alone
(finally.)
(See, after all [happy], and getting there, finally)
Painting By Michael Sweerts (Flemish, 1618 - 1664) artist (Flemish) in [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
