Issue 6:
Love
Teresa White
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Making The Bed
She makes the bed like a bride
whose once-flushed face
floated above the parachuting
sheet with the shutters swinging.
The cotton dress which swayed out
at the back was always tied
to her small waist with streamers
trailing while she moved.
She always held his pillow
like a confirmation, inhaled his musk,
then set the pillow down,
a sleeping lamb.
When the bedspread billowed
on the sweet air then settled impeccably
intact, she'd fold their night clothes
leg over leg, arm over arm,
until all was at rest.
~Teresa White
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and published extensively in print and on the Internet, Teresa's second book of poetry will be available soon. Her first collection In What Furnace? is available from Amazon. Home Page. Email.
© 2001 by Teresa White. All Rights Reserved.
© 2000-2002 by Cayuse Press. All Rights Reserved.
This page updated April 24, 2002.