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In the Dark
I. It was a ritual of rearranging
the bedroom furniture
The room was bigger and beige.
so we left
and went to the hotel
but then we decided not to stay.
II. I was in the bathtub
in the bathroom of the house
I grew up in.
My mom talked to me
while she sat on the floor
Then he walked in.
The other one
The one I only see briefly
Mom wanted him to leave.
But I said, “No, we need to talk.”
And she left mad that I was naked
Near him. Under the bubbles.
Then I threw raspberries at him and
he threw lemon lime soda cans at me.
It’s because I kissed him
Or kissed her.
III. The waiter was serving me breakfast.
As he put the food on the plate
he said, “You feel unworthy don’t
you.”
And I responded “yes.”
IV. I bled on really white underwear
And then had vampire movie
dreams.
V. He massaged my foot near family photos
we had sex
watching porno’s
and then in the diner
we did not talk to each other
but to the other customers
I didn’t eat.
VI. Someone asked me questions in Italian
VII. I dyed my hair purple for the dinner party
He was mad at me
because I only had cheap coffee.
I told him I got it as
a gift.
So I went to store to
buy something better
And he left.
We lived on Pearl St.
Nicole Gervace lives in Nederland, CO. Her work has appeared in
XCP:Streetnotes, Can we have our ball back?, SHAMPOO, and the Fifth Street
Review. Her essay, "The Safehouse Teaching Journal" will be featured in the
November Issue of Quiet Mountain Essays. And, her chapbook titled "Bite
Marks Visible" is forthcoming from Binge Press.
Nicole Gervace
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