Talking to my child's therapist
I am overtaken by a sudden discomfort
An urgent need to pop down the hall
For a quick pee
Or is it rather the discomfort
That the conversation is
Somehow cutting
too close to the bone
And if I excuse myself, will
She see it as me ducking out
Of a difficult topic?
(these therapists analyze
everydamnthing)
Should I plead the large
mug of green tea I've
been sipping from?
And why do I care if she makes
assumptions about me?
What does it matter?
Freud said that sometimes a
cigar is just a cigar
Can a pee be just a pee?
And thus occupied, I left the room
just as effectively as if I
actually had