(loud)

Fat women with
their loud children
I am trying
to read Lorca.
The world is noisier
than I would have
it be today.
More crowded.
I am tired,
slow,
have a bit of a
headache.
The phone rings
too loudly.
Mothers direct
their children,
“Now.”
I cocoon myself
within these words
as much as I want
of the day.

3/29/00