Jo-Anne

Eyes of dark glow
Irises
swallowing me
listening
heartbeat thrumping

a world of books, away from
life’s pain
and mother and
dad
hoping their daughter will
go out and play
with boys and…

they don’t realize her world
is fun and games,
books are her
toys.

© 1985 Richard L. Provencher
Website: www.wsprog.com/rp/

First published Winter 1985 Vol 34 No 2
Tower Poetry Society ISSN 0495-9701
McMaster University. Dundas, Ontario