The Crowd
Sometimes it is necessary to smuggle yourself
into a crowd, imagine you are incognito,
just a stranger within an invisible cloak
stitched together with cobwebs.
Often it is imperative to lever one's self
into the crowd with a flat-headed screwdriver,
crack open a little space for yourself
while not disturbing the talkers
as they read about you in the papers.
Once in a while, you must slip
into the crowd like an eel,
wriggle through them all
before they notice you are there
then disappear from yourself
before you have found that self.
The crowd will not miss you,
but they will look for you
if you run too fast or walk too slow.
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2023
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