4 Hours

girlinthestars
Author: girlinthestars
Word Count: 216
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Please pass the salt

You glide it across the table
As though we are playing chess

Thanks

Mhmmm

Could you pass the wine?

I push it too much
It tips

Clank

You pick it up as though it didn’t
Thank-you

Sure

Eh hem

What? I say, too desperately, darn it.

No, I was just clearing my throat
You say so reserved I could kick you

Oh

Did you like this? I ask sheepishly

Oh, yeah…it was good, you say like a prince

Oh ok, I didn’t know if…

No, no, it was really good
You stare at your plate
Like you’d like to toss it off into
Mars

I stare at mine and think
If it’s so good then why isn’t he finishing it?

I want to stick our fight into the fridge
Tupperware filled with juvenile words
And steak

I imagine myself straddling you
After you apologize
Do you mean it honey?
Kissing you insistently
Let’s not fight anymore
Down.
Down.
To the floor.

I get up
Linger for just a few seconds
Clean off my dish and
Walk away

Like two aliens
We glow in the light of the TV
As our auburn meadow
Filled with pardons
Starts to radiate

And I hear your leftover steak

Descending from Mars

  • lianne

    lianne, 2 months ago

    Oh my – such imaginative phrasing, such tense moments resolved in the way only lovers can. Absolutely brilliant, Amy – love it!

  • girlinthestars

    girlinthestars in reply to lianne’s comment, 2 months ago

    thank you Lianne, I’m glad you felt the tension…but also, the resolve…:)

  • Trish Cooper

    Trish Cooper, 2 months ago

    Brilliant work Jen!!!!! You brought this full circle to the conclusion….You could feel the emotions, they were so palpable…very emotive work!!! and so well written!!!!! Great Job Hugs xoxoxox

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