Wardrobe
In the morning she woke
With hope for the new day
A white dress embroidered
With flowers and stars
Then in the mail
Arrived three overdue bills
A grey smock frayed
At its collar and sleeves
Next came a call
From her depressed ex-husband
A blue robe stained
With tiny dark drops
And finally a text
From a man cancelling a date
A black gown riddled
With cigarette burns
Profile In Black
He was raised
By a lost father
And a gullible mother
Attended a school
With identical students
In both dress and cruelty
Worked at jobs
Soliciting strangers
In cage-like cubicles
Married a woman
That changed from a dove
To a ravenous vulture
Wrote many poems
That piled up like leaves
From a burnt forest
Watched the stars
And saw constellations
That no one else could
Richard Schnap is a poet, songwriter and collagist living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His poems have most recently appeared locally, nationally and overseas in a variety of orint and online publications.
In the morning she woke
With hope for the new day
A white dress embroidered
With flowers and stars
Then in the mail
Arrived three overdue bills
A grey smock frayed
At its collar and sleeves
Next came a call
From her depressed ex-husband
A blue robe stained
With tiny dark drops
And finally a text
From a man cancelling a date
A black gown riddled
With cigarette burns
Profile In Black
He was raised
By a lost father
And a gullible mother
Attended a school
With identical students
In both dress and cruelty
Worked at jobs
Soliciting strangers
In cage-like cubicles
Married a woman
That changed from a dove
To a ravenous vulture
Wrote many poems
That piled up like leaves
From a burnt forest
Watched the stars
And saw constellations
That no one else could
Richard Schnap is a poet, songwriter and collagist living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His poems have most recently appeared locally, nationally and overseas in a variety of orint and online publications.