Poetry - Stepmother

She smiled that smile that licked her malice

Throwing me against the wall she screamed

"Where is your God now?"

And the big dog jumped up

And tried to bite my stomach

But the rabid bitch got there first

I cried out



She cried crocodile tears

And tore up the bedroom stairs

And angel of light descended

And threw meat on the barbie

"You get none.

Don't eat with us.

Don't eat what we eat."

She morphed again into a

mentally unstable pull string doll



As I had no breath

And no future hope of breath

I grabbed the pole lamp

next to the black vinyl couch

And slowly tumbled to the floor

Eyes as wide as car lanes

"Stop it. Get up.

You're faking it."

The bitch poked me



I've got to get out of this insanity

But the door's locked from the outside

If I can get up, I'll push the screen out

Of my bedroom window

I heard a shriek

As she staggered back

From plunging a steak knife

Into the dog -

That bitch



Blood turned to tear drops

Which filled my eyes

"You obviously don't care about school.

You're materialistic."

I threw the sapphire ring at her

that she had given me when I turned 16



Out of the corner of my eye

I saw a mouse-chewed hole

near the sliding doors

In the dining room

I closed my eyes and wished hard

I felt myself shrink quickly

And scampered toward

A patch of light