after the burglary
by Terri Light
though I've lost one pillowcase
and my telephone, a broken microwave,
the clapped-out vacuum cleaner and
the gold rings of my second failed marriageI have gained one tire iron
three-dozen fitful nights of sleep
and a handprint in organic honey
on the chalky dining room wall.a fair trade?
© 2005 Terri Light
Terri Light is a graphic designer amid the glorious ruins of Detroit. Transplanted to the frontier of the new urban greenbelt from the mountains of Southwest Virginia, she works and teaches at the private school portrayed in The Virgin Suicides and spends time encouraging native plants to prosper in abandoned lots. Her poetry appears in current or forthcoming editions of ducts.org, Eclectica, horse less review, The Hiss Quarterly and nthposition.
