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Susan M. Williams
On Occasion
I climb the balloon string when no one's looking
crawl inside and float in helium ecstasy
breathing deeply and easily
disregarding my latex reflection
elongated nose dreamy eyes flattened lips
the whole of me stretched
around possibility and pretend
suspended by the desire
to speak in octaves higher than the ageless faces
staring up from my down
long enough to break
from who did fabulous scandalous what
as if to ask how could I
like it here
where I could never be
©2007 by Susan M. Williams
Susan M. Williams is a Nashville, Tennessee based writer whose poems
and
scientific research have appeared in various journals. She coordinates
psychophysiology studies for Vanderbilt University and co-owns a
Meineke
franchise.
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