04-01-2021, 09:16 AM
parched
I cannot hold it in
Not here
Not now
I breathe through my nose
Slow and deep
Not here
Not now
Time is running out
I am losing my control
Please not here
Why now?
I search desperately
for gum
Or lemon-drop
Anything really
The cough escapes
Tiny
A dry little sound
I freeze
My eyes dart everywhere
I imagine frowns and stares
Suspicions in the air like a cloud
I flee to the safety of my car
And take a hermit’s vow
I cannot hold it in
Not here
Not now
I breathe through my nose
Slow and deep
Not here
Not now
Time is running out
I am losing my control
Please not here
Why now?
I search desperately
for gum
Or lemon-drop
Anything really
The cough escapes
Tiny
A dry little sound
I freeze
My eyes dart everywhere
I imagine frowns and stares
Suspicions in the air like a cloud
I flee to the safety of my car
And take a hermit’s vow
The Soufflé isn’t the soufflé; the soufflé is the recipe. --Clara