The Intruder
Life forever changed
the day the intruder
entered our house
I hid in a bottom drawer-
closed myself in-
and listened,
fell asleep
I heard frantic voices
throngs of people
in our house
when I woke
a blinding flash of light
when the drawer opened
My aunt scream-cried
“She’s here!”
my mother rushed in
picked me up,
hugged me tight
sobbing her relief
they called off the search
took me into the den
to prove I was alive –
(for the moment)
and there I spotted
the intruder
all swaddled in a
blue blanket
in the arms of
MY grandmother
like she was HIS.
The little brat.
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