When you tell me
WHEN YOU TELL ME
When you tell me I
should keep the house
and furniture, the air
inside the car is like
the breath a woman holds,
breaking eggs against
a bowl or listening
for the sound of shoes
in the bedroom, the closet
door closing where her
husband has just
stood, choosing a tie.
Laurie Lamon
The Fork Without Hunger
CavanKerry Press
Copyright (c) 2005 by Laurie Lamon.
All rights reserved.
When you tell me I
should keep the house
and furniture, the air
inside the car is like
the breath a woman holds,
breaking eggs against
a bowl or listening
for the sound of shoes
in the bedroom, the closet
door closing where her
husband has just
stood, choosing a tie.
Laurie Lamon
The Fork Without Hunger
CavanKerry Press
Copyright (c) 2005 by Laurie Lamon.
All rights reserved.
