Duct Tape

Duct Tape by Bonnie Johnson - 02/07

When the water hose broke,
She didn’t panic,
Knew just what to do,
Duct tape fixes everything she said.

She never worried
Duct tape sticks to everything,
Even mends a rip in a
Car seat a child put there.

As her life slowly fell apart,
She knew how to fix what broke,
The pipe under the kitchen sink,
Duct tape fixes everything she said.

Her husband never noticed,
When she went into her own world,
As long as dinner was done,
He just didn’t care.

The washing machine leaked,
But not for long,
Out came her trusty roll,
Duct tape fixes everything she said.

Some days her world would spin,
Circles around her mind,
Leaving her dizzy and lost,
Reality too much to bear.

A lose attachement on the tv,
The picture lost in snow and fuzz,
She made it right again,
Duct tape fixes everything she said.

As the connections in her brain,
Began to short and fail her,
No one paid attention as she,
Spun further from control.

When anything got broken,
They brought it to her to fix,
They knew she could do it,
Duct tape fixes everything she said.

The children would scream,
Demand their own way,
Quietly she would let her mind
Take her to a world far away.

And if they broke a toy,
Or ripped a book,
She could fix it all,
Duct tape fixes everything she said.

Even as her mind began to crack,
At times failed her completely,
Leaving her confused
She knew what to do.

When her mind finally broke,
She looked at me blankly
As they took her away,
Duct tape fixes everything she said.