-Leslie Van Houten in Fall River-

               1.

               Each time Leslie Van Houten knocks

               at the damn door it’s after midnight.

               It’s a good thing I don’t work for a living.

               Leslie's nocturnal,–– like a vampire bat

               which might explain the excessive amount of blood.

               2.

               It was still dark when she got up to pee
               and wash her face.

               Leslie Van Houten whispered a farewell note to my ear.

              She was gone by sunup.

              The place of my birth was unchanged.