LISTEN!
why does it
annoy us so
that she talks to herself
in her bathroom mirror
and laughs out loud
in her sleep
in department stores
have you not been seen
examining the clothes
of mannikins
which begin
to edge away
from you
evaluating your
sanity
and once you
were witnessed
absently adding
sweet orange peppers
to a stranger's
shopping cart
as the owner
quickly
bailed them out
can you say
you are near
but she is far