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Her Particular Disposition
Nick Bruno
Inviolate, in her satinette housecoat
her arm’s secrets safely hidden, she walks
him to the door, the broken screen reminds
her of a room and of time spent at the wall
of ignorance at the hospital’s psych wing.
Don’t forget tomorrow’s session with Dr. Marx.
She nods and allows anxiety to seep
through the careful presentation of self;
derailed by the exhaustive effort, she runs
her fingers raw across the screen’s
ragged edge. Smiles him out, lips pursed
to snap her pupils into a dance.
He hears the door’s lock click behind him,
as he steps out from under the eaves
and off the stoop, between the dank
sedges on an uneven walkway, looks
back over shoulder to see her beneath
the light, behind the door, her face
pressed against the torn mesh.
