the closet has our *** noises on wire hangers
not because of the four babies we lost
but because we can never have them
we can never bear pretty pictures
even with all the efforts of our puzzle-making
love-making, puzzle shuffling
because sometimes we get to put the wire hangers on and wear them around like beetle's wings
we are magic
with our four lost babies
and our questionable marriage license
because we still have each other