There are some places I have been:
a Laundromat at midnight on a Sunday,
the spin cycles turning precise,
cleaner than the hands of a clock.
a Laundromat at midnight on a Sunday,
the spin cycles turning precise,
cleaner than the hands of a clock.
That was the first time I knew I would
grow old.
grow old.
I die more and cleaner every day. My
husband says, You worry too much. I wash
my hands in the sink and say, There’s no
such thing as worrying too much.
husband says, You worry too much. I wash
my hands in the sink and say, There’s no
such thing as worrying too much.
I have been to a children’s soccer game when it
rained. All the jerseyed children stopped kicking
soft-skulled balls to tilt their heads back, yawn their
soft-skulled balls to tilt their heads back, yawn their
mouths wide, eyes shut and baby-bird throats
opening to catch the water.
I was too afraid of lightning to move.
The truth is
tally lines grow on my face, not wrinkles.
Relatives die. My husband leaves the house
Relatives die. My husband leaves the house
each morning. I say, Drive safe. He says,
Yeah, yeah. I wash my hands in the sink. There’s
Yeah, yeah. I wash my hands in the sink. There’s
no such thing as worrying too much.
Cool. I like this.
ReplyDeletechloe for what it's worth, i've been trying hard to think of your narrators as separate from the author
ReplyDeletethanks max. don't pull a muscle or anything. stop if you feel yourself using your lower back.
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