a spiteful crowd

away from nothing then back
swimming in clouds then tantruming
smug little mermaid
sad little fawn
within days sweet girls and mean boys
spin myself into a cocoon or a web
you're above it,
you're superior,
just say, I don't recognise you, I'm sorry.

Stills from Hotel Monterey, Chantal Akerman, 1972. I'll never stop talking about hotels.