7.03 / March 2012

The Listening Glass

 

held the listening glass
to the bare patch
in the carpet
a hole hidden to the un-
finished floorboard
under the plush animals
at the foot of the bed

 

 

mother said:
father said:
television said:  body              stabbed

 

 

found the listening glass
on the cabinet shelf
in the kitchen
hidden behind the un-
bleached flour
under the shelf of rice
at the top of the cabinet

 

 

mother said:
father said: seen         nail clippers?
television said:  basket          highlights next

 

 

hid the listening glass
the bare patch
the carpet
a hole                     the un-
finished floorboard
under the plush animals
at the foot of the bed

 

mother said:  goodnight
father said:           couch           again?
television said:

 

 

 

 


Chad Redden lives in Indianapolis, and is the author of Thursday (Plain Wrap, Spring 2012) and the chapbook, The Lesson of Furniture (Red Ceilings Press, 2011). He maintains a very boring blog about Chad Redden atchadredden.blogspot.com.
7.03 / March 2012

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