Alone in My House

Alone in my house,

I am as talented as Regina Spektor

(but my piano is at the cleaners.)

I can write like Virginia Woolf

(but my dress has no pockets for stones.)

I am as witty as Dorothy Parker

(but I don't really care for gin.)

I am as alluring as Cleopatra

(but my asp is in my other pants.)

Alone in my house,

I am Meryl Streep

I am The Marquise de Merteuil

I am Shirley Jackson

I am Marie Currie.

I am not feeling like myself today

(but maybe I am you.)