In A Hurry You Explained Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

in a hurry you explained
the rainbow on the wall
we made phone calls to


Canada



You looked at the map at

night, night beatified
your face


that wasn't there-



with just pocket change I

guess like an exiled king
you left


you left



some books on electronics

I tried to figure
out: the rooms for

rent across the street

turned out to be
condemned. I wished you

had not left like the

rainbow on the wall

mary angela douglas 1 january 1998