You think I don’t understand
What it means
When your body reaches out to me in the middle of the night
But
I am not the first thing you think of
When you wake up
You are not playing for keeps
Anymore
And obviously
I am not playing
To win
A better girl would have kept the lines cleaner
(We used to laugh about how sloppy [...]
Archive for February, 2007
Monopoly Money
Posted in Thought on February 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You Said
Posted in Thought on February 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
You were the one that told me
Saying nothing was
Saying something
Well, you’ve been so quiet
For so long now
It feels like you’re screaming
At me
You say it’s not me
And maybe that’s exactly it
It’s
Not
Me
Winter Storm Warning in Effect
Posted in Story on February 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is snowing. It is the first big, thick snow of the year. In an attempt to get ahead of it a little, I bundled up around 9:00pm and went outside to shovel what had accumulated on my driveway at that point, knowing tomorrow I will have to do it all over again. Hopefully there [...]
The Twang of Country Music
Posted in Story, Thought on February 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Waking up on a Sunday morning
To birds chirping
Slipping into your
Big boots
Running down Mike’s long driveway
He got the best papers in Wright and Carver County
Where we
Wanted to buy a farmhouse with a big yard
A huge garage
And a barn for tractors and big parties
Fingertips black from newspaper print
You start up the truck
We grab our coats,
Coffee and [...]
Things I Never Told You No.2
Posted in Thought on February 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You once told me that the skin on my hand
Was softer than the skin on any part of your body
You ran your finger against it
And pulled me closer to you
The moments you made me happy
To be a
Woman
The Perks of Volunteering
Posted in Thought on February 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am just a third party
To a mother and a daughter
After a long day of work and daycare.
Children look so big at age 6
Miniature adults with
Long legs and heavy, clumsy tennis shoes
Puffy winter jackets and stiff jeans
When her mother holds out her arms
And she crawls into them
Her body doesn’t fit neatly
Into her lap
Her legs hang [...]
Walls
Posted in Story on February 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is a no makeup night.
I am just skin under a tanktop, sweat dripping down the length of my sternum, gathering in tiny puddles across the small of my back. I push the hair off of my forehead with the back of my hand and examine what is left to paint on the surface in [...]
Single
Posted in Thought on February 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You are gone
And I am slipping back into the familiar shape of
Singularity
I used to wear it so well
I am calm as I feel it tighten itself
Around me
Friday I am once again
The best friend to a paintbrush
And a hammer
I take loneliness and build with it
Before it grows wild inside of me
I don’t cry
But I wonder how [...]
