Sometimes I Wonder What’s Going On
she turns up wanting space
she’s not wearing green again
why aren’t her kids making her
happy?
she wants to up her dosage
to where it was
before she cancelled the ceremony
she needs to start smoking again
but her mother has just given up
she can’t remember what she
forgot
she has a different voice for
everyone she knows
someone dedicated a book to her
but she was smarter and never
read it
she’s like an avocado inside-out
she likes to renovate her hair
her brain is like a magazine
she apologises but can’t tell you
why
while she’s smoking a joint
she tells you
you’re the only thing wrong with
her life
she doesn’t see
it’s going to burn her
and you don’t tell her
Previously published
in fourW and The Best Australian Poems 2012
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