I May See You Again, Five Doors Open PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mary Pickett   

A door opens to a master bedroom and
morning sunlight spreads across the sheets
where lay open a paperback
beside a sleepy woman who waits for her caregiver.
She is remembering a story in which

a door opens to a local tavern and
afternoon daylight falls on the table
where rests a spider mum in a glass tube
before a young woman who waits for her lover.
She is not yet aware of the story in which

a door opens to a softly lit office and
the lamp shines on the coffee table
where sits a box of tissue
beside a sad woman who waits for her therapist.
She is hiding a story in which

a door opens to a small house in the desert and
evening light filters through the window shade
where lies an open folder of poems
before a patient woman who waits for her next image.
She has been reading a story in which

a door stands open to an abandoned shack and
moonlight scatters in the debris on the broken floor
where falls an empty tin can
before a hiding woman who waits for her escape.
She is becoming her story.
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Mary Pickett
About the author:
Mary Pickett lives and teaches in the Big Bend desert region of Texas, in a small community called Terlingua, which is close to the US/Mexican border. She was publisher of Dusty Bohemia (a quarterly journal by/about people in the desert) and has been published occasionally over several years. She sponsors a local reading series called Dovetail, which presents alternating readings between two writers. She and her husband spend summers in St. Croix, USVI.
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