Sentimental poem
During a near-break
in the row we’ve been having
since Tuesday, about the car
and the wine and the kids,
I put on some John Coltrane
and the subject of jazz arises.
She says she doesn’t like it noodly
and I say what about Miles Davies?
and she says Miles Davies is a borderline case
and I say Miles Davies is a borderline case?
I squint and grimace
but this is the point at which
the row we’ve been having
since Tuesday dissolves
like discordant sax
in the air of a kitchen
and I am reminded
of how I came to be there.
Charlie Hill is a critically acclaimed novelist and short story writer who writes the odd poem. His poetry has been published by Under the Radar, Prole, Amaryllis and Ink Sweat & Tears.