04-15-2014, 07:03 PM
Stowaway
Circular racks of Walmart clothes
made the best hiding places
when big brother was seeking.
Inside I was invisible, invincible.
The carpet smelled dusty as I sat
on the iron X in the center
fingering the different fabrics in turn.
One time he never found me.
My tummy grew heavy and hot
once I crawled out and found the cart gone.
I panted, glued to a pole in the center
of the plus sized women’s clothes,
till a man in a blue polo told me to follow him.
He had a yellow-faced pin like the stickers the old lady
gave us after mom paid, reaching from her wheelchair.
After plodding light-headed for years I spied layaway
and my red-faced mom.
Circular racks of Walmart clothes
made the best hiding places
when big brother was seeking.
Inside I was invisible, invincible.
The carpet smelled dusty as I sat
on the iron X in the center
fingering the different fabrics in turn.
One time he never found me.
My tummy grew heavy and hot
once I crawled out and found the cart gone.
I panted, glued to a pole in the center
of the plus sized women’s clothes,
till a man in a blue polo told me to follow him.
He had a yellow-faced pin like the stickers the old lady
gave us after mom paid, reaching from her wheelchair.
After plodding light-headed for years I spied layaway
and my red-faced mom.
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The howling beast is back.
The howling beast is back.