WATCHING YOU
WATCHING YOU WATCHING ME
My little niece Rachel
used to watch us
so carefully
Silently
Like a small girl
detective
or
anthropologist
She sat like a Sphinx
with nary
a blink
And in her un-wavering
stare
I could see
our souls laid bare
Once Rachel said:
I think dead people are
all around us!
But it’s a good thing
they’re invisible
or we’d never stop
bothering them –
She then looked long & hard at the sky
For a minute I expected
her to fly up to meet them
And then drive them to distraction with her stare
—
Spring 2008
songanddancegirl 