MARION/MARTHA

 
MARION

The buzzards in that tree don’t think I’m dying —
they just want to rest before more flying
 
and I’m not at all keen on becoming carrion
I’d rather leave that to my so-called ‘friend’ Marion
 
who overdoses on envy and spite —
the birds will find him a putrid delight.
 
 
 
MARTHA
 
Martha’s mama was a seamstress
and employed full-time, more or less –
 
the tedium could not make her grovel
because while sewing she planned a novel –
 
from what I hear it seems it was about stress,
the stress that comes from being a seamstress.

 

 
 
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