The Container
The art of hiding
anger effectively
is like snowmobiling
alongside a fence
in whiteout conditions
between what is said
and what can’t be said,
flanked by what one can do
and what one can’t do,
battered by the actions
and inactions of daily life,
bordered by having power
and absolutely none at all.
I keep my anger in a solid
cherry wood casket,
with creamy satin interior,
and bronze colored lugs
embossed in crimson
hearts, within the center
of my living room,
a resting place
for my feet
upon its cap,
an ambiguous
coffee table.
Heidi Sampson’s creative non-fiction has appeared in The Lunch Ticket from Antioch University Los Angeles . She also freelances for the Mankato Free Press and The Minnesota Valley Business Magazine.
Also appearing in The Wax Paper is Sampson's poem, Relentless Obstruction.