11.14.2017

Happy Hunting

My hands still smell like limes
from squeezing the night before
when I scratch my face
after buzzing her in downstairs.

She clatters by me
as though she rents the place
in a whirlwind of bags and winterwear
giving half a kiss in passing.

I stand in lucky boxers
and hungover bewilderment
unfairly agitated
that she never removes her shoes
at the door

but I sober myself
admitting
that I haven't swept since summer
and she hasn't arrived
to inspect my cleanliness.

It's quite the opposite
thank God.


Currently reading:
"The Regulators" by Stephen King (writing as Richard Bachman).

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