over the rainbow

you

have to stay away from

the idea

of hope, i tell

my friend Betty.

at sixty-three

she's still hoping that the right

guy will

come along.

that her ship

will come in, that there

will be a pot

of gold at the end of some

rainbow.

prince charming 

is just over the hill on

his horse.

she watched too many

Disney movies

as a little girl,

and swallowed the big

lie whole.