Marriage

By Susan Bruce

It's #tbt! Enjoy this great one from SWWIM Every Day's archives!

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A couple of dogs
barking,
the same three stars
 
their bright
and dauntless
voices
                                   
dessert still     
left on a plate
in the kitchen sink
 
trees
agreeably
one foot in the grave
 
a pile of clothes
like a boulder
at the foot of the bed
 
where I
stayed awake
and waited for you.

Susan Bruce's poems are in Love's Executive Order, Washington Square Review, Driftwood Press, Arcturus, Barrow Street, december, SWWIM, 805 Lit & Art, Regal House Publishing, Yes Yes Books, No Dear, Luna Luna, and other publications. Her chapbook, Body of Water, was published by Finishing Line Press. Susan has an MFA in Acting and was an actress for many years. She has studied poetry at The New School in NYC.

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