Enter Without So Much As Knocking

Enter without so much as knocking
And I won't turn you away.
(I might kill you for intruding)
I won't smile to see you -
(but that's a risk you'll have to take)
I rarely do.
But if I'm glad to see you,
(such things happen)
I might melt with radiant happiness
(rarely)
Like a Chernobyl sunset
(Maybe you should have knocked).


March, 1995
© Lela Kaunitz