Judith Rohrer – Holding On
$435.00
Initiator Artist: Judith Rohrer
Artwork Title: Holding On
Size:
Medium: Mixed Media
Price: $435
Responder Author: Peter Dudley
Writing Title: Mosaic
Size: 11″ x 17″
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Mosaic
She sidled toward me in the seven a.m. chill
Along the back of the apartment building
A tall blonde with experience in her strut
Passing the dormant dumpsters
With a sway and a swagger
A casual pace oozing confidence
Short sleeve white sweater
Too thin for the cold fog
Pink denim pants and comfortable flats
She looked like someone
I might enjoy seeing closer up
The closer she got the more she unraveled
A patchwork existence fraying
Mismatched parts collected haphazard
Stitches ripped out and re-stitched
Her seams held together with threadbare hope
Each step an unsteady lean toward faith
She tottered to an uncertain stillness
Her watered-down eyes unfocused in my direction
And in a syrupy stench of box wine she asked
do you know where two oh six is
that’s where I live
Had she been out all night or all week?
I told her we’d find it together
And as we weaved our way to two oh six
She dropped promises of detox and rehab
Like a smoker shakes ash from a cigarette
She pushed open the unlocked door
And from the stairwell before I left
I asked her name
Even though I knew it already
Copyright © 2024 by Peter Dudley
