Now
I sit alone on your bed,
your cold cotton sheets
press against my hips while
I listen to the drip drop of
the kitchen facet perform
Chinese water torture on
the stainless steel sink.
I wonder where you are, and
why I’m wondering at all.
Why do I miss your arms,
Your soft smile,
Your full laugh,
Your seemingly telepathic
connection to the pain in my body,
The way you run your fingers firmly
up my neck as if there were a map
in your head filled with all the
places I want you to touch me.
Brick and Blanket Challenge
Brick
1. stepping stool
2. Weapon
3. paper weight
4. Book end
5. Hold down the gas pedal on a car
that you are sending into a lake (so you can claim the car as stolen)
6. Door stop
Blanket
1. Blanket fort
2. Cape
3. wrap for head
4. To sit on at picnic or beach
5. Tug of war
6. Bunched up as a pillow
7. A curtain
8. A pseudo sled that you can set your cat or dog on while you pull them around the living room.