life on the left
by jen holland
living left means
lower-case
shift-less-ness
no proper nouns
keyboards favor the right, and bill gates’ programs –
well, they make your i big
whether you want it or not.
i felt the power shift.
all’s right and
god’s in his heaven.
sheepishly
i asked that he glance left
now and then;
give us goats a chance.
l-l-lo and behold –
he did.
now i see life
from the mirror-side.
learning to write again
learning compassion
letting others help
i learn to lean,
slanting
like my child-like scrawl
i laugh. i see now.
it’s all gods have—
left.
dekalb, illinois
february 26, 2011
after an incident with a tuna can lid
on 23 february
which lefted the author
