Elusive Skirt

She hardly needed to be quiet as he

slept like someone satisfied,

as so he should be but

nevertheless she tiptoed

searching for her scattered clothes,

closed the bathroom door with a

delicate click, studied herself under the

harsh light: the marks he’d made

were raw but would fade.

She stole a fingerful of his

toothpaste to abate his taste,

dressed in haste, needing the

coffee her husband would have brewed,

careful her dangling shoes didn’t

bang the doorframe whilst she

scanned once more that

scuzzy floor for her

elusive skirt.

 

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