Unwelcome Questions


from the ABC set After Madness - Poetry

Who was that lady
You pushed down the stairs?
Who was that man in
The doorway, who stared?
Who was the child I saw
As I floated by?
Is that why I thought that
Babies could fly?

We'd sat at the piano,
I felt happy and safe:
Then everything changed
I felt such a weight.
Only flashes, like photos,
Pain, blood on their hands,
Fear of darkened doorways,
Monsters roaming the land.

Who was that lady -
The one on the stage?
Who were those people
Disfigured wirh rage?
What was that object
That fell at my feet?
Who were those people
You took me to meet.

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