Wednesday, July 26, 2017

akimbo

as a hen-pecking housefrau
schoolmarm arms akimbo
foot in an impatient tap
the temper tempo barely under wraps
so she waits by the door
as dinner and her heart
bake into hockey puck hardness
for the one who swore
all the inconsistent inconstancy
would be no more

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