Anymore

by Karen M. Raymond-Hart

pounding big-hair hard-rock backbeat
narcissist's angst
flaming jabberwocky mind
whispering Mnemosyne, with razors
eager to be freelance
en route


I remember her
but she's not here anymore


first true love's blush
vows forever
future maternity
hopeful destiny
sunny-bright
as the newly life-sized


I remember her
but she's not here anymore


stalwart buttress
broken-old
shattered vows
sundered, sole
vacant future
at almost a score and fifteen


I wish I weren't here,
anymore


(sigh)
the Raven-voice never dies


8/9/02


Mne·mos·y·ne   (knee-moss-ee-nee)
~remembrance, memory, and the goddess of memory.