Poetry of Issue #7        Page 16

ON BREAK

The woman stands facing the bank,
her back toward traffic behind her.
She stands cross legged
like pee presses urgently
to escape, but she defies
bodily functions with a straight back.

Cigarette smoke dissipates through air
puff after puff as she balances one leg
across the other until she strolls
nonchalantly inside.

Vision of a crouched run,
unzipping, tugging
to the bathroom barely
made to ecstasy
behind closed doors.

  Diane Webster