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# A Visit
- URL: https://poetry101.love/a-visit/
- Published: 2022-10-10T05:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-10T06:03:59.000Z
- Description: by George Ella Lyon
- Author: Melissa Anderson
- Tags: George Ella Lyon, #Import 2026-11-04 19:11

I was securing the pin in the diaper  
when someone banged on the door  
and it was this guy  
in an orange fishnet Florida Interstate   
T-shirt  
holding his bike helmet and saying

Hi, I'm the Muse.

You?

Yeah, name's Floyd.

Well, come on in. I'm in the middle  
of a bunch of things.

Best place to begin. Now---

No. I mean I'm fixing dinner,   
my little boy's awake, and---

Lady, Lady, Lady,  
you'll never get off the fucking ground like that.  
What're you cooking?

Millet.

God, the Lady eats like a bird.  
Honey, you gotta have meat to make poems,  
takes blood to make blood sing.

Be that as it may---

I can see you're not serious.  
You got anything to drink?

Beer.

That'll do.

Here you go. You know  
it came to me in the kitchen  
with you here, maybe I could  
do some work. Dinner's ready for the oven,  
my little boy's been changed  
Could you watch him awhile?

The MUSE?  
The MUSE a fucking babysitter?  
Who do you think you are?  
I'm sacred shit, remember?  
I'm holy shit---

Well, how are you going to help me  
sucking on a bottle of beer?

Baby, I can take you to Bliss City  
in one spin on my machine.  
When I've finished, you'll be so inspired  
your tits will blow up balloons.

Great. What about my son?

Ditch the kid awhile.  
You can't fool around   
wiping asses  
when I'm ready to fly.

Fly? What about writing?  
Remember words,  
those heavy things---?

Jeez, she's climbing on her soapbox.  
Go on then. Who cares?  
Scrape your life from mayonnaise jars.  
You won't see me again.

Promise?

[Cries of the Spirit: A Celebration of Women's Spirituality](https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cries%5Fof%5Fthe%5FSpirit/TKNZAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&kptab=getbook&ref=poetry101.love). United States, Beacon Press, 1991.