A Poem by ayaz daryl nielsen

And maybe a cat

Together
is two.

Two placemats,
two pillows,
two sides
of the bed.

Two closets,
one hers, the
other hers, too.

Two moans in
the bedroom
two tear tracks
in living rooms.

A lid on raises,
and the other,
grumbling,
lowers.

Two towels
hanging from
two towel racks.

Together
is two.
Together.



ayaz daryl nielsen, x-roughneck (as on oil rigs)/hospice nurse, editor of bear creek haiku (25+ years/125+ issues), homes for poems include Lilliput Review, SCIFAIKUEST, Shemom, Shamrock, Kind of a Hurricane Press and online at bear creek haiku.