An Open Window
An Open Window

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(Excerpt from “Totally Losing Face and Other Stories“)
There’s an open window on my right
And a closed door on my left
The sun is dipping
The sky’s an angry wild beast
My bird has taken flight
Chaos is in control
There’s an open window
Yes, an open window
Closing quickly
‘Bout to shut
I should’ve seen it coming
But was always too busy running
From here to there, going no where
But busy just the same
Busy just the same
Looking back, I see what I lacked
But now, do I have the knack
Or should I just accept my plight
Might have missed the flight
Because, there’s an open window
Letting the air out
And there goes your clout
A window screaming
Your mind is teeming
And you wonder why
And you want to fly
But does your pane
Contain a stain
Does your frame
Withstand the rain
There’s an open window
Shouting your name
There’s an open window
Screaming in vain
And the wind is loudly gusting
As the light
quickly
begins
to
flicker
and
wane.
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“An Open Window” is a poem in Hillel Groovatti’s book of short fiction entitled Totally Losing Face and Other Stories.