The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 5/19/08 [View All]

[BlueIris]

"Suburban Wife's Song"

When you are gone, I lie upon your bed
And you are there, dark as the light of stars,
Closer than measurements of heart, and loud
With the silences of all our daily years;

And then the door key, lights in the living room,
The slamming wood, the briefcase on the floor,
The way you say, "Where's everyone? I'm home"—
And do not know how far away you are.

—Robert Hutchinson