Wednesday, January 25, 2017

BUTCHESS (STRAIGHT NARRATIVE)

BUTCHESS (STRAIGHT NARRATIVE)

A haircut makes the girl/
Close the man. One thinks
Of those two in various positions
Of paramour. Rolling, unclothed
Pillow-talk taken off-line. In those terms it's not so foreign to think of this couple as one would a ...

They celebrate anniversaries as anyone would, proud of the providence and acceptance of a loving God. Damn those who would condemn their right to be together -
To have children
To split the property equally
When things don't work out. Love has the potential to fail
As it often does:
Its former participants
Foraging behind the museum of love.


-jim hill (11-16-2016)

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