Women Over 50 Are Invisible According To One Source
Women over 50 are Invisible
(according to one source)
But…isn’t that a superpower?
Please don’t notice me
wearing the same black leggings
three days in a row
Content to sit on my couch
trash t.v., pumpkin pie breakfast
Don’t listen to me
imitate British accents and slang
I glean from Love Island
Do NOT perceive me
walking the dog
in blue flannel p.j.’s
in a snowflake pattern
in July
Yes, I have tye-dye Crocs
which I am wearing
paired with socks
that show a hand
flipping the bird
But who cares?
I am invisible
It is my superpower
Five months ago
I began to experiment
not showing up
to mandatory meetings
I've yet to hear a thing
No repercussions
Thank you,
Invisibility
This also means
No witnesses to my poor behavior
No apologies demanded
no excuses needed
hot sauce dripped
upon ample breasts
slightly weighted down by
life well lived?
Who cares?
you don’t notice
and I don’t mind
Laughing in a movie theater
so loud I snort
among popcorn, M&M’s
and greasy fake butter
No one blames the old lady
in the same black leggings
now paired with a concert T
from Petty’s last show at
the Hollywood Bowl
I’m inconspicuous and
you give the stink eye
to the three teens
sitting to the left
Ha-ha! I bet
I could fart and
they’d get the blame
Lil stinkers
I could go on and on
about the beauty
the freedom, the sheer
sexy exhilaration
this covert, intangible,
obliterated existence offers
But I won’t
You wouldn’t hear me anyway
I am invisible
It is my superpower
Copyright © Kim Hyde | Year Posted 2023
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