This is about you – isn’t it?
Your wrist is wrapped in pearls,
I wanted you to be married
I misheard that you were.
I wanted you to be married
I misheard that you were.
Misheard too, that your grandfather
carved an ice boat.
I made up the science
of how it would float,
carved an ice boat.
I made up the science
of how it would float,
imagined the refrigerated warehouse
where he’d work
wearing ski gear
in the evenings.
where he’d work
wearing ski gear
in the evenings.
I wanted to know how
you walk uphill
in those heels,
you walk uphill
in those heels,
to know how you hang up
your clothes,
the angles and geometry.
your clothes,
the angles and geometry.
I imagined you laying
them out flat,
fitting them together
like a jigsaw on velvet.
them out flat,
fitting them together
like a jigsaw on velvet.
Your husband would remind you
how to put them back on
in the morning.
how to put them back on
in the morning.
He’d build things for you
like lakes
for your swans.
like lakes
for your swans.
I wanted you to be married
so that I could be married –
I guess it’s as simple as that.
so that I could be married –
I guess it’s as simple as that.
