Berce moi<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am sitting on our second-hand couch
legs tucked under me, book in my lap
I am only half-reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have two drinks on the bookshelf next to me
One hot and soothing, one cold and intoxicating
It felt like a night for both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slightly after midnight I hear her key in the apartment lock
She closes the door behind her, and drops her high-heeled boots on the floor
She looks tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She smells like breath-mint and gin (the dancing kind)
I smell like peppermint tea and gin (the half-reading kind)
We don\u2019t need to talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I move to make a space for her next to me, and she sits
We gaze at the front window that looks over the apartments that look over the river,
its frame a rainbow string of Christmas lights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We bask in their jeweled light
My tea grows cold in our shared peace, and I don\u2019t mind
I move her hands from her lap, and lay my head<\/p>\n\n\n\n
on Ana\u00efs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Berce moi I am sitting on our second-hand couchlegs tucked under me, book in my lapI am only half-reading. I have two drinks on the bookshelf next to meOne hot…<\/p>\n