Int.  Polly's Blood

Funny how immobilizing words can be
But not for this blood
It is attached to dream     or perhaps
the other way around     in this case
Polly saves the day
being that her amateur hobbies     ignited
queries about the birth
of a new sun          around which
Jupiter could orbit
     
This is the same story
as the shopper at Safeway
     who steals      under surveillance
now women in pixels     cameras
solving problems     see if you
reinvent her blood, rearrange
all the characters

She is only solving problems in her sleep
She wants to belong
She wants people to respond to her
     a slap on the cheek           in line
     at the Kentucky Fried Chicken

Walks like an angel, must be an angel
Everyone off the bus for a bag search
The navy boys ask directions to the
               firework show
just follow everyone else
down the street to the beach

Meanwhile, Polly's blood boils
     every time she sees her name
She anticipates bad news
     every time she feels the little
     green men in her veins
She wants to read Colette.

It's all she can do these days
     to keep her shoes on
A sign at the yoga center says:
     Taking off your shoes means
          you are free.