the tear on the bed sheet corner
is starting to show
tucking the king size duvet on a queen
seemed like a practical idea back then
it didn't matter that the pillows
were randomly on a tug-of-war
beneath our heads
or the lumps of folded linen
were stealing sleeps in bundles
every time the wall against the bed frame slacks
the comforter vomits itself on the wooden floor
the room has to shift uncomfortably
to restore some form of tension
to keep things from falling off
it made sense to just gather the dust skirts
enough to keep the stuff hidden beneath the bed
for who knows what else has blamed gravity
for the things we knock off from our dreams
or things we pretend to accidentally push off in our waking
June 18, 2013
2:06 PM
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