Silently Invisible

Her face is a master at not reacting
No one notices. She is older, you see.
Quiet and unassuming
Invisible now, without knowing how she got here.
Inside she feels nineteen, fifty years ago for her.

The others do not notice her now. 
No one is shushing anyone; their secrets are revealed.
She does not out them or alarm them or alert them.
Her imagination is screaming with glee.
They are so totally entertaining!

No one realizes she is in the lunchroom.
They have no idea she is writing it all up.
They are all fodder for her poems, they are material.
Her face gives nothing away. They do not have any idea.
Until her book comes out.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2022



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Date: 5/1/2022 8:28:00 PM
You know, more and more I find myself invisible in a crowd, at a party or a reception, so I quietly sneak away, go home, and write poetry. Their loss!
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 5/2/2022 3:41:00 AM
I have to admit I love being the one who is ignored; it gives me time to think up my next adventure on a page.
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