Comment on this article

Afternoon Nap
by Eve Worth


The house is still
the beds are made
and dishes done.
Dear husband on
the tennis courts
and telephone ringer
turned to off.

I sneak into bed
roll back the down
coverlet
as though committing a small
and silent crime.
I climb in
ball the pillow up beneath my cheek.

I hear a canary trill
outside the summer porch.
I see the afternoon sun trace
a leafy path across the floor
and over the outline
of my feet. Last thing
I recall.

Hours later, it is dark
I hear a key turn
in the door
I think it is two
AM and someone
is breaking in.
I check my watch

It is eight. Time
for dinner
time to mull over
my dream
of floating in a warm
turquoise sea.
Time to comb my hair.

He leans against the doorjamb
amused
says "what a life"
and I answer
"climb in."
"Hungry" he answers.
"Groggy" I respond.

"Yeah, so I see.
so I see."
Slowly I swing my knees over
the edge. Drift
across the floor
toward my robe.
He bends and kisses me.

We shower
He orders Chinese.


[New] [Archives] [Join] [Contact Us] [Poetry in Motion] [Store] [Staff] [Guidelines]