MOTH WINGS
- 7 days ago
- 1 min read
By Mary Mulholland
you ask why i keep
cigarettes if i don’t
smoke never notice
scars under my clothes
& last night we argued
because i squeezed the
middle of the toothpaste
as if that mattered the
world to you when you
said i was weird i pulled
the duvet over my head
with a sheet until i heard
you were sleeping. then
tiptoed down switched
the iron to linen waited
until the light went out
then pressed the tip on
my thigh & again the
other way the hiss of
steam as if the iron also
felt relief then back to
bed your even breathing
my finger traced wings