(a villanelle) <br /> <br />After reading a book, out front it goes <br />a friendly nature-strip librarian <br />her altruistic form of OCD.* <br /> <br />Reads in bed as her boyfriend recovers <br />neither storm nor throes of passion intrude <br />after reading a book, out front it goes. <br /> <br />Sprints outside, covers top but not bottom <br />why worry, it’s dark, gonna be quick <br />her altruistic form of OCD. <br /> <br />As boyfriend protests, her rapid reply, <br />“Don’t get dressed_be back in a second! ” <br />after reading a book, out front it goes. <br /> <br />Barefoot steps thunder back in urgency <br />modesty on a quiet summer night <br />her altruistic form of OCD. <br /> <br />Pedestrian twigs to that nearly seen <br />a ‘kitty on heat’ almost caught outside <br />after reading a book, out front it goes <br />her altruistic form of OCD. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />* Obsessive Compulsive Disorder<br /><br />Pete Dowe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nature-strip-librarian/
