The Misleading Weasel
Insecure, lonely, shady, needy, sophisticated, and restless.
I struggle, “fishing for a compliment” from anyone, in order for me to not feel so insecure.
So, much that Stella requests her husband, “Admire her dress and tell her she is looking
wonderful. This is important with Blanche. Her little weakness! ”
Living with my brother-in-law and sister is a strained and bumpy road.
My sister usually supports me but my brother has every right to be suspicious.
Going through my luggage seeing as it is abnormal to get fancy clothes and
Accessories on a “teacher’s pay.” Even insisting about the Napolenic code.
When I am alone I indulge myself in alcohol, hoping to drown my sorrows away.
Then quickly realizing that a guest may enter the door,
I discreetly hide the evidence I left behind.
Committing something with stealth and being sneaky as a weasel hoping to camouflage in
order to escape from danger.
“ I am very adaptable-to cicrcumstances. ”
The paper lantern and using “hydrotherapy” is my façade reminiscing about the past.
But on the other hand, I have to deal with the arrogant wild beast,
That Stella calls her “husband.”
The blame I put on myself for being responsible for my husband’s death.
For that I am lonely, what was it or a part of me that could not satisfy him so much that
Lead him to be accompanied with an older man?
However, as I moved here I discovered,
A man who has a sick mother and is currently unmarried.
Mitch yes, has caught my interest.
Maybe, he can fulfill my needs if I present myself in a sophisticated way.
Currently, I am a third wheel between Stella and Stanley,
Yet, towards Mitch I can be flirtatious.
I hope he doesn’t say a word about my REAL “appearance.”
All these obstacles I face and presenting this façade is make me lose my mind.
I feel so restless.
I am fixated on hiding my past, trying to fit in, and start a relationship with Mitch.
But I could not hide, especially from Stanley. Who has from the start
Seen through and discovered my true identity, devious acts, and my sneaky attempts to
Use Mitch as an escape for cover.
By: Rhonda Khut
(2013)
I did this poem for an English exam for my junior year based on the character Blance from, A Streetcar Named Desire. I got a 97.
Created June 14
