The Cashier


As though I am encased in an invisible box, numbers of you

come to stand in front of me, demanding my attention.

But I am in the invisible box, unable to respond freely;

Watched and pricked, my thoughts, my creativity

smash against the clear confines again and again..

only to die untimely deaths; mute within confinement.



© 2002 Ann Kupper


background from a painting by
Becky Mendenhall
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