Still Life
by Aisha Ali

Rattling keys,

giggling door,

creased shoes,

fragrant socks,

married curls,

whining sink,

chocolate cheek,

ribboned sky,

Little Women,

quiet lamp,

whispering walls,

inked fingers,

dancing letters,

tall-er list,

singing floorboards,

squealing faucet,

polyester mountain,

cold tiles,

muddy river,

baby skin,

ancestor's embrace,

silk crown,

soft bedding,

soft bed,

soft...

clumsy moon,

rhythmic breaths,

kind abyss.

This will

have to do.