I Compromise My Self
after Luigi Pirandello
1. MY WIFE AND MY NOSE
Both pending.
Both slightly to the left.
2. FOLLOWING THE STRANGER
A number of times, leaving
The station, I noticed
Someone else leaving, too.
I have to decide: are you
Plausible? All movements
Are suspicious. I marry
My eyes to the glass.
3. UNCOMFORTABLE VICAR
Among
The similarly
Obsessed.
4. MARCO-OF-GOD AND HIS WIFE, DIAMOND
The judge needs time. He is also the doctor.
Someone has been working for weeks.
She read old books in Florence.
She lived there for a long time.
5. COMPLICATIONS
This thing
Is total.
6. GREEN WOOL BLANKET
I am surprised to see
All of that touching
Still going on.
Remind me
How to be comfortable
Constantly
In my clothes.