On Inanimate Objects

[John Wagner is the creator of Hallmark's Maxine]

Wild Woman

is so tired

she feels like

an inanimate

object.

She needs

to move,

but her body

won't go.

She needs to pack,

but her hands

are two clay bowls,

too heavy

for scooping.

She needs

inspiration,

but her brain

has

retired

for the evening.

What to do

with this

large

unwieldy

unwilling

and

cumbersome

Lump?

Stick her

in a corner

and pray

she comes to

by morning.