there are sycophants on my timeline again,
oh dear the trite meddling on Sunday's afternoons.
beguiling me with their recipes and gaudy cartoons
while i write trying
to contain a lifetime
on a timeline
The street musician
in tattered clothing
begged for change
strumming bitterness
into April
Denying the arrival of anniversaries
I enlisted the weathered man
and watched his unraveling scarf
while he sang me
summertime
Originally from Somerset, Massachusetts, Priscilla (Cilla) Galligan is a researcher, grant and freelance poet and author. She has poems and short stories forthcoming in several magazines and two collections. She is also working on a historical novel. She lives in Warren, Rhode Island, and frequently reads at poetry venues in New York City. She has one daughter and one son. Check her out on Facebook.
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