Anniversary
By Louise Glück
I said you could snuggle. That doesn’t mean
your cold feet all over my dick.
Someone should teach you how to act in bed.
What I think is you should
keep your extremities to yourself.
Look what you did—
you made the cat move.
But I didn’t want your hand there.
I wanted your hand here.
You should pay attention to my feet.
You should picture them
the next time you see a hot fifteen year old.
Because there’s a lot more where those feet come from.
"Anniversary" from Meadowlands by Louise Glück. Copyright © 1996 by Louise Glück. Used by permission of HarperCollins Publishers.
Source:
Meadowlands
(The Ecco Press, 1996)
