She Says I Love You

She says, good morning I love you, as soon as he wakes

smiles with thousand dollar teeth

he showers, and she cooks

egg whites, nine grain toast, and strong coffee 

hums and hunts through his phone

to read his texts from the night before

sends him on his way with a peck on the cheek,

I love you have a good day

sits on the couch, logs into his Facebook account

and rejects eight friend requests including ones

from both his kids

getting her hair done, thinking about his daughter

that b***h

and his runt of a son

logs into his gmail and marks everything Read

also, who can she get to put a tap on his work phone?

drops him lunch, peck on the cheek

I love you have a good afternoon

all the time eyeing that f*****g work phone

home in time to add calandar reminders to his planner

her brother is coming for the weekend 

her oldest grandson is graduating

her son will need his rent paid soon

he gets home tired, they go out for dinner

she drives so he can get drunk and

while he takes a piss, she catches up

opens his phone to read three texts from his daughter

that b***h

and one from his runt son, nothing to worry about, 

she lets them stay Unread

picks at the free bread

taps her long salon nails

just the perfect shade of red

how much better she thought

how much better could

this be

how much better

would this be

if I could just

f*****g

get inside 

his head?

They lie in bed, his back to her

his breath growing calm

and slow

staring at the ceiling she says,

goodnight I love you

again thinking of the gap

of that f*****g

work 

phone.