Place beyond Place

 

She snuck out

(under the warm cover of covers)

and you were snoring,

and you reached to feel the sliding curve of her hip,

 

but thought you missed

 

turned over again

 

(this is where she left her skin).

 

Now she’s—hopping through a field above a house you grew up in

where the oak trees are black with pitch

and the grass cuts at your ankles

tough from the sun.

 

She is just a dot on a map

winking http://www.doxycycline-buy.com through the stars

blowing the bathroom door open

wrapped in silk not flesh

bound up in the twisted corners of your smile as you lie

 

quietly asleep.

 

 

 

Rosalie Wilmot has a degree in Creative Writing from the University of Denver. She has lived and loved in the cities of Seattle and Denver but now calls Chaiyaphum, Thailand home (base). Her words are regularly published at http://curiousescapades.wordpress.com/.