After Marriage
On Friday evening,
watching TV on the couch,
uncomfortably full from dinner
which we ate in silence,
I held your foot in my hand.
As I held it,
I found the callus below your index toe
and lay my thumb there.
I then passed the arch
and moved to your heel
which was rough
like broken marble
and held that stone
in my hand
as I ran back
to find you