by Joan McNerney
Around the house under the bed,
on top of book shelves,
perhaps flung over my closet door,
or hidden inside cubby holes.
Have to look for it at all my usual haunts.
Check out the library, ask my pharmacist,
circle gas stations and stomp up down
that damn old supermarket.
Not anywhere… geez this is tiring
better sit down and think.
When did I last have my voice.
Is it missing or maybe somebody took it?
Now I remember losing my voice at
the doctors’ office. Did those creeps
steal it for insurance purposes?
Makes me want to scream.
I’ll get to them tomorrow!
Joan McNerney’s poetry has been included in many literary magazines such as Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Poet Warriors, Blueline, and Halcyon Days. Four Bright Hills Press Anthologies, several Poppy Road Review Journals, and numerous Spectrum Publications have accepted her work. Her latest title, The Muse In Miniature, is available on Amazon and Cyberwit.net. She has four Best of the Net nominations.