Baby

he only calls me baby on sundays

and b***h on mondays

when i forget the cream for his

coffee or put the laundry in for

one cycle instead of two

but now it’s tuesday and i always forget

my name on days like this

Reviews

[A. F. Carrera]

Brilliant yet brusque. There is a fluidity to this piece that certain details, like how it doesn't end in a punctuation mark, or how it only covers 3/7ths of the week, help to bring out. But it is a coarse fluidity, like that of quicksilver in a vial. The final line is so poetic that it could be its own poem, but maybe that's just the trimeter.

[Kelley Quinn]

I just saw this. Thanks Carrera. You're the best