Nightmare

By Rachel Sobylya

 

A crustacean carousel spins

and I cannot dismount a hideous lobster

and mother has abandoned me

and I am screaming.

 

I wake alone and it is the first time since he left

and I had forgotten he left

and I remember he left

and I am screaming.

 

My students follow methods to pick apart poems

and they become meaningless but they must do this to pass a test

and I have allowed this madness to fester in my class

and I am screaming.

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