poetry
 
ARRANGEMENTS
 
  
 
So if she sleeps on her right side,
Does she hold me in her hand?
If she sleeps on her left
Does it mean that she forgets?
 
If on her back,
Do I hover over?
If on her belly,
Do I stand, do I shrink?
 
If she curls like the ninth month,
Is there promise of unfolding?
If I cover--
Pulled to the neck? Or thrown back?
 
And when she wakes, where does that put me?
Ahead, in the day? Behind, in sleep suspended? 
 
 
 
 
 
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