is
it about me, again?
I considered.
Why do you read it that way?
Why do you write it that way?
I considered.
All right, I said, read
it.
So.
She was behind me, unseen.
You have it right, she
said.
I considered.
I love being your muse,
she said.
I considered.
Im staying, she said.
Still, I considered:
A new one.
Or.
She is behind me, unseen.
A new one? she says.
I consider.
Just finished, I say.
Unseen, she says: May I read
it?
I consider.
It may upset you.
Why is
it about me, again?
I consider.
Why do you read it that way?
Why do you write it that way?
I consider.
All right, I say, read
it.
Still.
She is behind me, unseen.
You have it wrong, she says.
I consider.
I hate being your muse, she
says.
I consider.
Im leaving, she says.
So, I consider: /i>
A new one.
Copyright © 2003 by Ted Richer. From
The Writer in the Story and Other Figurations by Ted Richer. Great Britain:
Apocalypse Press, 2003. Used with permission.