A witty comment
Yields a tense reply
A visceral cut
Designed to outrage
While your flair
For the dramatic
Provides the cover
You need for
The oblivion
Of the watchers
All the panache
In the world
Is not enough
To make me subsist
On the tidbits
From your table
It just leads
To outrage
As the ribbon
Is pulled
From your soul
Again
Showing
What you do not want
The world to see.

9-11-03
Laura R