Influence Without Authoruty

a slice of memory

where’s my influence
i can’t find it
i’ve searched wardrobes
in mind corridors
without success

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i wore it well
a black dress of non seduction
trimmed with chilled emotion
kept those feelings in check
the work place hot
with men in business suits
i am surrounded

where are the women
i am the woman
i was the woman
where am I now

in a restaurant
in the company of a man
he wears casual
i wear perfume
scented with run away emotion
on the sleeves of my best dress
i want to impress

the dress feels tight
the seams hurt
my heart is exploding
where is my influence
I’ve lost it

i am putty
i am putty
he doesn’t know it
i can’t show it
where is my influence
where is my influence
i’ve lost it

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"scented with run away emotion" wow...
it feels like that need to impress never goes away...even if it leaves us being someone we are not comfortable being.
Your poetic influence always shines, Chris.

[Chris Shaw]

Last time I tried to impress anyone j. Thank you for your kind comnent.

Chris