She wanted a queen
She wanted a queen
sized bed versus a king
preferring proximity over
a field you could grow corn in
to simulate at least the feeling
of being understood.
Sheila E. Murphy. Poems have appeared in Poetry, Hanging Loose, Fortnightly Review, Social Alternatives, and numerous others. Most recent book: Permission to Relax (BlazeVOX Books, 2023). Received the Gertrude Stein Award for Letters to Unfinished J. (Green Integer Press, 2003); Murphy's book titled Reporting Live from You Know Where (2018) won the Hay(na)Ku Poetry Book Prize Competition from Meritage Press (U.S.A.) and xPress(ed) (Finland).