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Monday, April 13, 2009

The Long-Term Marriage



At last she's happy, reigning with her creams,

rubbing his scalp's roof until it gleams.

As the squamous-cell carcinomas sprout,

the local dermatologist cuts them out


or frosts the lunar surface with liquid nitrogen.

The creams come from West Fourteenth Street, Manhattan,

FedExed from their adopted son's boyfriend's home,

a relationship that remains, to them, unknown.



Their Oriental rugs are steeped in piss

from the bulldog barking like an activist.

Bickering over misplaced books, the tchotchkes

lost, and how she re-remembers her stories,


they wait with an unfinished, finished look,

and note how honeysuckle crowns Old Saybrook

and thistles overrun their last garden.

The dash between their dates is nearly done.
by Spencer Reece

1 comment:

Unknown said...

enjoyed very much the intimacy and the restraint within it....nicely done.