Tea Party Poem by Maya Hanson

Not another tea party,
tight smiles and sharp corners,
loneliness posing like closing doors on old friends

I'll bring the champagne if it makes people talk
or when I want them to talk I'll tear off the tablecloth

Day after day
they crawl to my gates
Not another apology,
I want you to detonate
not switch on with a purpose

The wind can tell you what I mean
Passing all the minefields,
stuck in a heartbeat,
drowned in silence

I don't want another tea party,
tight smiles and sharp corners,
politely posing all my commands as a question

Please just walk in and
break all the china.