Ecru
Friday, August 22nd, 2008
He’d been drinking for a couple of days.
When he awoke,
he noticed the stain on the gray rug
(”ecru,” he thinks she called it)
The stain on the carpet
formed a long and lovely necklace
of rubies, milk, ashes and orange peels.
He knew she wouldn’t like it.
When he awoke,
he noticed the stain on the gray rug
(”ecru,” he thinks she called it)
The stain on the carpet
formed a long and lovely necklace
of rubies, milk, ashes and orange peels.
He knew she wouldn’t like it.
Fran LeMoine