Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

Dysfunction

Christine Seery works as a caregiver to the elderly and collects masquerade ball masks. Her poetry has been published in Down in the Dirt magazine, Wolff Poetry Literary Journal, and Piker Press. She lives in Ohio with her husband, young daughter, and dog.

Dysfunction

Melancholy brown eyes
Jaded beyond years
Self perception biased
Existing dysfunctionally
Aching transparently
She walks along a different path
Struggling to find her way
Trekking through the overgrown
Forest that is life
She's stubborn as an ox
Determined not to fail
Going to be someone
Destined to succeed
She knows how to *fake it*
Soon she will *make it*
Strength of will she has in spades
Today is her day







Article © Christine Seery. All rights reserved.
Published in the December 3, 2018 issue .
Image(s) © Sand Pilarski. All rights reserved.
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