Anniversary by lemur

[cameron]

She's bride to a house
that shrank in the wash - wife,
and anodyne consort.
A torn off doll's head
with one eye
permanently
winked wide open.
So the vodka scud's
her sole alliance -
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''one slug
and time snaps back
like the lid of a lizard.
With nothing to do but
shake stage thunder
she changes the sheets,
throws out the bed
he died in,
as the black cat
unburdens its silts,
unfurls itself like an oil slick
on the corner of the couch.

lemur