the air is filled
with love and anger
and neither one of you
are talking
and neither one of you
are smiling
and the anger may linger
until the morning
but you still climb into the same bed,
and you’re in faded and stained
boxer shorts and she’s wearing
an old t-shirt and thong underwear
and you lie next to each other
and you can feel the anger
between […]
sunglasses
there are always
sunglasses, along with
shorts or skirts showing
thighs slender or swollen
and there are always sandals
flat or heeled
and sometimes
often
there’s a vague tattoo
on some exposed ankle
and the homogenous mothers
they either watch silently
or talk incessantly
to a friend or phone
as their uniformed sons
take the field.
~ David LaBounty
David LaBounty lives in Royal Oak, Michigan with his wife and two young […]
