Saturday, April 18, 2015

Now


Now

It is easier to be me
now that I've wizened with

these freighted days
of low cotton.

I don't hear 
your mordant skepticism
now.

I'm busy
playing dress-up
and curdling the milk.

My child's smooth
legs fall around my hips,
shaping his body like a frog, laying down
warmth.

BK
April 2015

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