What do women do with their handbag
when they jump off a bridge?
There is no chair back to hang the bag over
No booth to place the bag on
so that sliding out will require picking it up
It’s a nightmare
Leaving the handbag
at the checkout counter
Having it plucked out of the shopping cart
Leaving it on the adjoining seat
in the movie theater
It is filled with everything she needs
Lipstick
Three different colors
Chapstick
Screwed to the max
Hair brush
She keeps meaning to clean it
Eight pens
None the same
Nail file
Broken
Both pieces
are in there somewhere
Breath mints
Opened
Cigarettes
A lighter
A white plastic spoon
from Wendy’s
Dark glasses
non-prescription
She can’t wear them
Makeup compact
the mirror is broken
Prozac
Keys
Cell phone
Wallet
With pictures of her children
Her identity is in there
It could be stolen
Valium
A two Euro coin
Nickel-Brass
Copper-Nickel
Or she could leave the bag
in the rental car
at Orly
Upset after he told her
On the same bridge
Where she stands now
Wondering what to do
with her handbag
It's a nightmare
