The queen of Thebes

They say that she is crazy.
With her leg stomping
she stands at the cash register
holding a can of coke.

"Tomorrow I sleep in a
house", she says, "with blankets
that don't mind my old skin and
hug me and kiss me".

While I pay, I ask her
about the old days.
It makes her go silent,
she becomes a little girl.

She fiddles with the little ring
on her can. 
She looks at me and smiles.