Shopping for Jewels
John G. Young
Visitors rarely visit,
disability being too chronic
for contemporary tastes,
so you venture out
in your wheelchair
dressed in pink
with a white
bandana-wrapped hat
to the outdoor market
looking for gems
of conversation
among the vendors
while others look on.
She says, "They stole
several pieces,
do it in groups,
one distracts,
others remove jewelry."
You muse, "No longer
come in groups,
MS took my peace,
distracted me from living.
I want to steal my life back. "