I’ve Changed My Mind
Poem: Two Horizontal Lines, by Haley McShane
By Haley McShane
Sparkling makeup and a slim waist
Kisses him at the Mercedes door.
She tries to talk. AHEM!
His wrathful baritone severs her hushed words.
The tender midwife places a cool cloth on her forehead-
As he drinks Jameson at the nearby rundown bar.
Tired like a migrating robin as
It reaches the translucent waters of the South.
The pressure to be perfect
Dissolves the little resolve that remains.
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer.”
Harriet Tubman’s words dwell in her determined heart.
He wakes up to find
A freshly-written note signed
“I’ve changed my mind.”
Haley McShane is a writer living in Massachusetts. She writes poetry, short stories, and freelance articles. Haley writes for Kingston Living magazine, a local periodical about the town of Kingston, MA. She covers local businesses, news, and events in the community. Haley's work has also appeared in The Boston Globe, Best4Bunny magazine, and online publications. Between 2012-2014, she wrote for her college newspaper The Mainsheet at Cape Cod Community College. Haley is a dynamic writer, weaving expository and creative styles in her work.
Two Horizontal Lines
Poem: Two Horizontal Lines, by Haley McShane
By Haley McShane
Two horizontal lines
Numbers on each side.
Woman and man
Of little money
and much-
Equal.
Souls from blistering Georgia heat
Unknown jungles of the Amazon
Lively European metropolis-
Balance.
Unkempt rags lugged through polluted water,
Greedy diamond pendants pepper palaces-
Levelled.
The world will wallow until
the drawbridge lowers at dusk.
Haley McShane is a writer living in Massachusetts. She writes poetry, short stories, and freelance articles. Haley writes for Kingston Living magazine, a local periodical about the town of Kingston, MA. She covers local businesses, news, and events in the community. Haley's work has also appeared in The Boston Globe, Best4Bunny magazine, and online publications. Between 2012-2014, she wrote for her college newspaper The Mainsheet at Cape Cod Community College. Haley is a dynamic writer, weaving expository and creative styles in her work.