who has the mic?
I've been thinking about shame
she isn't loud like the others
in fact, she rarely speaks
lets her henchmen rage or panic do the talking
and how they blunder and bluster and
yell, a lot, to the point that if you manage a pause you might stop taking them very seriously
almost the comic relief
a dark comedy,
very popular now no
and I don't always catch it
but sometimes there's the edge of a shadow
a small flash of white
a glimpse, glimmer
sometimes a whisper, a word, or two
straight to the heart, stomach
slash, slash
oh
she's here
what do you imagine she is like?
hiding, slinky, withdrawn, vaporous
none of that
she is solid
a force
you bow down when she appears
you crumple into a pile at her feet
shame is a Queen
and dis mantle ing her is no joke