Lullaby
he smells like similac
lacks guidance she
guides him into
truth telling
telling her baby that
maybe she'll be back
black night darkness falls
he calls her Ma
she has no children
she wears ripped tshirts
skirt hiked up
underneath/ nothing
pulling him under
with her
they get lost
in sunsets and
$30.00 lobsters
spread out on Walmart rugs
he tugs on her night gown
she frowns when his cell phone rings
as
his
wife
sings
him
back
home…