Look the Other Way

Look the Other Way

By Jamie Turney

Familiar tides of idle worship crossed her vine this day

Looking outward, always outward, she would never say

Uninviting, appetizing, rolling tongue in cheek

Not surprising, stereotyping, all that’s thought so sheik

Evaluating, circumventing ways to keep her place

Knowing what was lost while trying to save face

Tantalizing, mesmerizing tales of wisdom’s past

Captivating, disengaging words she hoped would last