Bitter
In the middle
of the night, I see
choco-
late running down the walls,
I crawl over, can't
lick it off,
know if it has peanut but-
ter or malt bits
it will stick to the roof
of my mouth,
jam things up.
Moth balls clog the hall
closet next to Mom's
muskrat coat, the one
she hoped looked enough
like mink to fool
the neighbors, a slick
joke, but the cloying
odor of naphthalene
stings my nose,
always there.
Theresa A. Cancro writes poetry and short fiction from Wilmington, Delaware. Dozens of her poems have been published internationally in online and print journals, including Jellyfish Whispers, Pyrokinection, The Artistic Muse, Plum Tree Tavern, The Zen Space, Lost Paper, Brass Bell, The Heron's Nest, A Hundred Gourds, Chrysanthemum, Shamrock, Cattails, and Presence, among others.
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