Sonnets from Suburbia: Residuals
Residuals
O once a year or so I will reach out
to long lost lovers, just enough to see
if I am someone who they think about
or even an unpleasant memory.
Since time is always in shorter supply
and what we’ve done with it of some concern,
if it was wasted one could clarify
that it was a mistake, a chance to learn.
But if one is received with some delight
and fantasies that we might entertain
a secret meeting hidden by the night,
while fun to speak of, surely quite insane.
To be together, a forbidden sweet
But we can bask in our residual heat.
Lady Penelope
Penny Peyser, aka “Lady Penelope” is an actress / writer / documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles. Her sonnets have been published in Defenestration , Blood & Bourbon, Page & Spine and Chantwood Magazine among others. Highlights from her acting career include The Hot l Baltimore original production at Circle in the Square, the films All the President’s Men, The InLaws, The Frisco Kid and TV series Rich Man, Poor Man II, The Tony Randall Show, Crazy Like a Fox and Knots Landing. Please visit http://Linktr.ee/penpeyser for all links and to learn about her documentaries Trying to Get Good and Stillpoint. And now Penny Peyser has gathered all of her sonnets into a new book, “Sonnets from Suburbia: More Candles Than Cake”. It is a work of pure genius!
