Suzie’s Sister Blue

And she came forth on this

new day

wearing bows in her hair

and bells on her ankles

proclaiming a word . . .

that was simply a lie,

and I believed her . . . .

not because it sounded true

but just because

I remembered

long ago

how much I loved

to hear those bells

and see her smile

and tie the

ribbons round

her curls

and think that she

was mine.