Carolyn Guinzio

I'm small now but I used to be

(she was sitting at the tables

they set up for the fest) some-

thing I used to be was it pretty or

was it working but what happened

was a million cuts each one

brought me closer to the concrete

I was a legal secretary and all

I wanted was Florida my damn

down purple coat torn on fences

I climbed there is no short-

cut and I never could drive

and someone said you know

that's never gonna happen

right I broke my heel in a grate

the signs were there asking

for help and sometimes I did

a dollar but I needed it too

the tables are for something

else someone else not me but

I need somewhere to put on

my face like it used to be