separate beds

A Free Verse poem

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hairs gathered under the pillow i don’t use
every time i find a stray
we stayed on our own sides by choice
one rambunctious, the other greedy

i do not need to have you here forever
memories will torment enough
and you can tough out a Siamese split
but just please sit still, or remain where you are

we knew it wouldn’t be far, carried voices
my scaly feet and light snores
you keeping score unnecessarily
so it can be vomited back up later

the pitter patter of failing hearts, unborn children
now on hold with you out in the frozen
having chosen a richer bed
and refusing to be perennial