August 7
I Beg
The embarrassment of need is a haunting guest who will not
leave. I turn in a tight circle trying
to find a way to detach this wart and
move gracefully from the site of devastation, but it looms large and
overshadows today’s possibilities and robs tomorrows gold. What I cannot do for myself, the magic I cannot
yet perform, stands between me and contentment, stands there wearing your face;
touching my mind with your fingertips. I
pray that you are not the answer for I cannot depend on you, but I think of you
and the little bell rings and I am hungry.
Desire is a gift. Desiring you is
the burden whose shadow I can’t escape.
I close my eyes to the light you emit; I cannot close my heart. All that’s left is pleading; please come home
and fill me or leave and lock the door and let me grieve in peace.
Treat your health like your job, treat your health like your
investment, treat your health like your life; it is
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ROCK BOTTOM PRICES
Marble topped dressers, dry sinks and wardrobes,
Stand in the auctioneer’s warehouse
Showing loving use and obvious value.
The hungry consumers peruse the merchandise
Looking for the perfect pieces
To fit their need.
Old men eating ice cream sandwiches pick their way
through
The rows of tidbits laid out on the lawn,
Bargains to fill odd spaces and little desires.
So like out meeting places, people trying to
refurnish their lives.
The cost to arrive may have been high
But once in, the market is more than fair.
We reclaim relics and we use them as road signs
and warnings.
There is always someone around to carry large
truths home
And no one has to go away empty handed.
We bid on our own survival by buying someone else
a break.
Time passes easily as the one at the podium
Recounts the rock bottom prices.
You are reading selections from More Sober on the Way to
Sane and Lines From My Life by Sherrie Theriault
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