Fantasia on the Letter W [by Mitch Sisskind]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weary of grandma's antique Woodstock stories,

Well-off Winnetka women wearing whatever;

Winsome women, wind whipping their hair,

Wielding wicked witticisms with no apology;

Women wandering to where restaurants lie

Among the pussywillows, women whispering,

Weaving wildflowers, warbling whoop-jamboree,

Waking echoes across the fields of NSCD where

Of late we whisked the footballs around, where

In the weeds we went wee-wee, where we wept

On the study hall's linoleum at the hormonal

Halloween dance where crepe paper dangled --

Wait, wait: with the well-off women of Winnetka

The wised-up women of Wilmette likewise ariseth!

Comments

[Deana Binstock]

Thank you for this. I so appreciate the Northshore references.