The Innisfree Poetry Journal
www.innisfreepoetry.org

by Barbara Orton



Why I Haven’t Written Lately


Because so long as I play this video game,
time has no meaning and I cannot die.

Because I’ve been spending a lot of time
not picking up my underwear.

Because the telephone is full of voices,
bursting with other people’s judgments.

Because when I open the door of my house,
nobody rushes in.



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