.
"They tell me
cocaine
is a lady's drug"
she said gaily
coming from nowhere
glancing brittly off me
then ricocheting back
through the party
eyes too bright
too dark.
Later
in a sudden lull
I heard
her glistening laugh
shatter
and crash to the floor
like shards of a bottle
smashed on the edge of a bar.
I eased out the door
just before
the screaming started
glad I no longer knew her.
Coyote at
Singing Moon
