Sunday, September 4, 2011

Running

What's gotten into me? There is a song inside my head. But it won't come out. Arrr, it's driving me nuts!
September, and the heat's broken. What happened last September?
So I run today because I put on my shoes and there are leaves on the ground and they are brown and dead and make a sound and I run. Yes, I do.
If the song will not run to me, I will run to it, and if we are running in opposite directions, eventually, we will run into each other, but it will take a much longer time, so I hope this isn't the case. I am feeling myself move and I am hurting, but I run. My skin is floppy because I am old. Or, older. My feet thud. People run past me who are walking very fast. So I run harder.
How hard is the song running. Inside my head, it is running away from me. Very hard. Very fast.
How long will I run? Until I stop running.
A child waves to me from a car. It passes, and I do not wave because I think that a child cannot be nice.
I run harder. A dog barks. A squirrel runs away from me. I run home. I run into the house. I run past Dad. I run into my bedroom. I run around my bedroom. I run on my bed. I run, into the wall.

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