Ruse in the Attic


SheToldMe

it was up there.

We had just met,

Kinsleigh & me.


Who showered that night?

Steve & me D.I.D.n’t know

but we do know

all night, it snowed

H A R D.


Speculated, us two

D.I.D. someone new

get on the bus?

or have they…

always been there.

…in there


The new girl 

didn’t like me

at first…

she would play

R E I N D E E R  G A M E S


She pointed to a crawl

space above

was a small white 

recessed hatch


“There”

She didn’t even

“look at it” 

–while pointing.–


“What’s in there?”

I was nervous

I was angry

I was uneasy

than spiteful

she was, unsure of me

Broomstick wielding

I pushed there.


This was probably

amongst

the more interesting

bus drives 

where only D.I.D

I ride


I pulled up a chair

to reach up to there

up there…was

Something, one thing

a pillow, stuffed 

unevenly, 

was my footing.


She stared at it.

while…

laughter erupted

I was pissed.

what is this?

a moment passed 

before I joined the

laughteruption

Morose lifted, slowly


SheGotMe. 

“I had literally…

No clue that was there”

she remarked under

her cackling cont'd


a bum pillow? 

a money sac?

hidden drugs?

Who was living

In there?


Kitchen knife slices

what’s inside entices

N O T H I N G

(Don’t be) late for work,

I was.

P A R T Y. 

…or Party-noia.


The new girl left

just in time.

she’s a party girl,

A L W A Y S

on mail watch…

once, twice, thrice

D A I L Y.

Good thing,

for Craigslist is

D E C R O D E D

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