I Left My Head
BY LILIAN MOORE
I left my head
somewhere
today.
Put it down for
just
a minute.
Under the
table?
On a chair?
Wish I were
able
to say
where.
Everything I need
is
in it!
Lilian Moore, “I Left My Head” from See My Lovely Poison Ivy (New York: Atheneum, 1975). Copyright © 1975 by Lilian Moore. All Rights Renewed and Reserved. Used by permission of Marian Reiner.
Source: A Jar of Tiny Stars (1995)