Poetry | August 19, 2021
4 Poems by Tiana Clark
Tiana Clark
Self-Portrait at Divorce
Tiana Clark
After reading Stag’s Leap again and finally knowing
what the hell Sharon Olds was writing about
The day my husband left
I accidentally set off the house alarm
and the dog finally curled into my chest
like a warm croissant of cream fur and you
had replaced the trash bag for the last time
and the recycling and I walked into
your office and I wept and wept inside
your pillow on our bed (whoops) I mean my bed
a California king our biggest bed yet because
we wanted space for our long bodies to stretch
and room the for the dog to splay and I put water
in the dog bowl and I told myself that I had to remember
to do that because you had always done that simple task
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