Sideshow
stumbled the stratosphere in
their indigo star bus
2 shows a night; 3 on Sundays
6 minutes of heaven
in the back
for a little something extra
fed my lovers
molasses coffee
from a thimble
full of jewels
until the 1-eyed
man of swords cut
me in 12 and
I wasted a million
years in a dark well
collected heads up pennies
poured wine into
newspaper nightmares
tranced on tarot traumas
broke my heart on
potato chip postcards
feared frustrated fish
damned to dead dreams
only to find what was missing
under a pebble
in my shoe.
Annette Sugden ver. 3 May/2006