The One Three Eight
Is This Full Circle?
Because I came ready for a fight
Nobilized the misery
Clung to the loneliness
Felt sorry for myself
A thick and smoky film
Dropped heavily
On any sanity
I may have brought or conjured
For this damn town
November 2006
Penina Finger is a business consultant, writer and artist who has always found it difficult to sit in a classroom, and nearly as difficult to endure an office. Having traveled and lived in a number of interesting places, including Jerusalem, Wales, and Las Vegas, Penina now lives uncomfortably close to her birthplace in Southern California, where she is very busy.