Numbers
7 bullets, that
ran through a father’s
body
while his children
sat in the back seat.
2 handcuffs tied
him to the bed
so he can’t run away.
Many hearts broken
Cost is
Infinitesimal….
Numbers and time,
Time and numbers
How long is a scream?
How long is a nightmare?
How long is a heartbreak?
(Unrevised, read at Machar coffeehouse Feb 2021)
The Motorcycle
For this entire year, the plague year, Whenever I looked outside my window, I would see the motorcycle, waiting by The curb. One morning, I looked out and it was Gone.
Sometime during the night, perhaps, Someone had taken the motorcycle.
It’s been 3 days now- still no motorcycle.
Will it return? Will we return? We don’t know.
Renée Weitzner taught children with special needs,particularly in the field of special education: emotional disturbances. She is currently tutoring children and adults in reading, writing and executive functioning. It is a pleasure, and an honor, to once again be a part of the Gargoyle family.