September 30th (draft)
She Endures
through rain, then mud,
then all the mold and mildew
in the little house, her closet
full of shoes and purses
on the cracked linoleum floor
beside mice nests, spider parts
she scribbles on the wall behind
her Laura Ashley paisley suit,
her white Rainbow girl formal
she writes: New York City,
San Francisco, London,
any place except home, here
where she lays out places
to see with pink lipstick
carried in her pocket, La Porte
the one city she will say
she hates, the heat, the stink,
the rules about taking Home Ec
instead of geology or Russian
pretending to be Blanche,
or the jester’s other girlfriend
she plots escape, university,
marriage, money, music,
in the meantime, she endures.
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