Deaf
Rochelle Hope Mehr
Impossible to write about
a woman who pretends
to listen but never hears.
“Oh, dear,” says she.
“Which do you prefer?”
“The light or the dark?”
“The bright or the stark?”
Only the truth, mother.
Only the truth --
For your little mudlark.
You will do anything to save me.
Anything but hear me.
Anything but stir.
