Suburban Dreams

A Pasadena housewife
With a crack pipe in the kitchen.
The milk and eggs and iced-tea
Hide a different recipe.

She drops the kids at school
And pours herself some coffee.
She turns off the lights
And finally starts to see.

A couple hours later
She wakes and wipes her eyes.
She lets the dog outside
And awakens from the ride.

She picks the kids back up
And her husband's on the phone.
She closes her eyes and dreams
For the next moment she's alone.