On awakening today I noticed the world was just slightly off As if everything was on tilt I felt odd and uncomfortable and clumsy The world was just slightly off As if everyone was on a designer drug Except for me They seemed to talk in riddles and rymes The world is just slightly off As if nobody understood me They just didn’t get it I was alone with my thoughts of abandonment The world is just slightly off As if all the floors were warped and I couldn’t get my balance And then something unexpected happened I let go of the past and went with it The world is just slightly off But these women were dancing They were laughing and carrying on I joined them On the day the world is slightly off I felt carefree and curious As if a child i frolicked and swayed I became me as a young girl On the day the world is slightly off a group of five identical women approached me Laughing for this was a day the world aligned with fairies, nymphs and magicians A day for transformation and change On the day the world was slightly off I could not understand their language But it mattered not As if I could feel what they were trying to tell me On the day the world was slightly off They encircled me And took out a beautiful shawl And wrapped me tightly in it On the day the world was slightly off It made no sense But they picked me up and tossed me into a large can All that remained in this world were my favorite old tennis shoes peeking over the side of the can I was upside down On the day the world was slightly off I heard a single voice laughing It was my sister Mary In near hysterics she had been trying to wake me. It was then I had left the world that was slightly off Everything was as I left it Tidy, uneventful and boring I longed for the world that was slightly off For I was slightly off too….