Today's word is
comport
Honestly, I am not comporting myself well with this exercise this year. So behind. So very behind.
It's like I'm blogging in name only. Oh, the shame.
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Monday, 10:45 p.m.
Okay, less like shame all the time. Getting there; filling in some holes.
supposedly well
and stable
ordinary, respectable,
she leaves her house,
her correct address in the right neighborhood
for her age and income and marital status,
a seething, roiling mess,
every hair out of place,
every tail untucked, every white stained,
inside
she doesn't really know how to comport herself
she'd stay home all the time if she could
talking to you, telling you what to do
it frightens her
she's never sure
she pays you
or her firm does
to follow her orders
you assume the fact of her authority
that assumption,
it's written on your paycheck
and you reiterate it back to her, to them all,
with every endorsement
every payment of every bill
every yes you say at work,
every no
they come from your agreement
that this woman will always
be right
and you think she's in on the agreement
but she's not
she would be if she were who you see,
the suit,
the immaculate silks,
unmarked nails, heels, brow,
but she's not
she's a tornado
she's a hurricane, an unmade bed,
dirty, starving, and afraid
inside
no one would believe it
she believes nothing else
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