WHITE WIDOW WOMAN

----by Dan J. McDonald



White widow woman in the white Cadillac
White hair matching white car
Cruising the streets in your self-contained house
Unmindful of the blaring horns
The shouted insults
The obscene gestures
Of those whose world demands more speed
As they race to fill each moment with some eternal meaning
Fearing that failure to do so will erase them from time
But you are rich with time
For it is all that lies behind you
And as you stare into the future
Time is all that you can see




NOTE: For grammatical purists - I am aware that "widow woman" is redundant. However, the rhythmic effect of "white widow" is virtually non-existent, so I choose redundancy to claim full poetic power.