For her to feel
our family are vandals
carving indifference into her heart
Not here
She doesn’t use these exact words
Where are they?
The answer is exacting
hissing in the air around and between us
burning into the walls and branding our skin
every inch
words smoking
notherenotherenotherenotherenotherenotherenothere
Ramblings of a Medicated Lady: Words of Woe by Loria Taylor 
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March 1, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Patrice
I first read the last line as “no there”
as in: not here, no. there
I can pull many meanings from your few words. Excellent.
March 2, 2009 at 9:38 am
medicatedlady
I thoughtthe last line could be taken either way! Both are time/space references. Thank you!
March 2, 2009 at 12:35 pm
poeticgrin
Really strong, especially knowing the circumstances behind the words. Even if I didn’t, this would still be strong.
And bitterly sad.
March 3, 2009 at 12:32 am
Zamantha
Just dropping by.Btw, your website have great content!