I Was Just Trying to Find a Seat With a View of the Stage

Although I wore a crown

I found myself

crouched in a kiddie pool

in a country club dining room

craning my neck

to observe children

performing A Christmas Carol

trying not to get soaked

as the upper-crusters

surrounding me

avoided eye contact and whispered

Finally a kindly elder

perched on a throne-like chair

pointed out that the kitchen

had erred

in serving dessert

as the fanciful spiders

adorning her pastries

were each a different color

Rising and dripping still I said

they are different species

I think the spiders were real

Responding to Kerry’s prompt in the Imaginary Garden: CAMERA FLASH!