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Catfish Dreams
little fuzzy whiskers
jutting from my face
streaking 'long beside me
as i swim from place to place
to think I am so ugly
never cross my mind
cause my little fuzzy whiskers
look so fine
what is the wish of a fish
but of water and food and cover
what is the wish of a cat
but, to have its way over and over
what is the wish of a cat and a fish
what is the wish of a fish and a cat
put them together and what do you dish
a catfish, no more or less than that
so boring this catfish dream
to swim from place to place
admiring the radar appendages
on my godawful ugly face
sherry 3/17/98
gone and done
obsessed with beanies
store to store
chasing, searching
wanting more
obsessed with beanies
till one day
put down my keys
i walked away
couldnt eat,
didnt care
hated beanies
sitting there
my spirit died
a symptom see
in throwing off
the battered me
lonely, hungry
dying root
depression seeded
rotting wood
were not for friends
on line you see
the gun invited
tempted me
i drove the car
and thought to swerve
yet, coward i
had not the nerve
so many things
no longer be
the way they were
including me
have found a home here
suffering tempered
more often cheered
a family member
Sherry 3/25/98