consciousness
     breaking to
          light through blinds

stained carpet
     starched sheets
          euphony in

a name
     first and last
          all the same

freckled shoulders
     dimpled cheek
          mirrored

***** laundry
     ***** dishes
          in the middle

making love
     little pieces
          not broken

scotch tape
     Christmas fights
          and snow flurries

cigarettes smoke
     skin on my back
          sweet scalding

stolen kiss
     only borrowed
          no need to

return
     the beginning
          chance and fate

balanced.