Stanzas: Monthly Chapbooks August 2015 (Collaboration) | Page 10

Hush Caleb Brennan
Even outside the wind blows with harm , but the water in here is warm just like our bathing skins .
As I pull back the shower curtain , that blocks out the world , You hush me , Not to the wake the kids .
Gripping the towel carefully , not dipping it , I have thrown it over your shoulders . The very way I threw my jacket over you
during that rainy night we blocked out the riots . That night at the tower , the fireside , The river ablaze , our hearts blown clear open like a shop window .
Even now as we dry ourselves , we can hear them outside . ‘ They will always be after us ,’ I whisper . You hush me , in case we wake the kids .
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