And the coffee maker. Is it unplugged?
The refrigerator closed?
What about the back door? Is it locked?
And the toilet? Did it stop running?
I have to be sure everything
is safe and secure while I’m away,
so there won’t be any headaches
over house stuff, the last thing we need
right now when we don’t know
when you’ll come home or if.
The refrigerator closed?
What about the back door? Is it locked?
And the toilet? Did it stop running?
I have to be sure everything
is safe and secure while I’m away,
so there won’t be any headaches
over house stuff, the last thing we need
right now when we don’t know
when you’ll come home or if.
So I haven’t left yet.
Still busy going back to the stove
and the back door and the bathroom,
circling like a hawk over all the bad things
that could happen if I don’t check one more time
before I go to the hospital where I’ll be
helpless to control what happens to you.
Jacqueline Jules is the author of Manna in the Morning (Kelsay Books, 2021), Itzhak Perlman's Broken String, winner of the 2016 Helen Kay Chapbook Prize from Evening Street Press, and Smoke at the Pentagon: Poems to Remember (Bushel & Peck, 2023). Her poetry has appeared in over 100 publications. Visit her online at www.jacquelinejules.com
Still busy going back to the stove
and the back door and the bathroom,
circling like a hawk over all the bad things
that could happen if I don’t check one more time
before I go to the hospital where I’ll be
helpless to control what happens to you.
Jacqueline Jules is the author of Manna in the Morning (Kelsay Books, 2021), Itzhak Perlman's Broken String, winner of the 2016 Helen Kay Chapbook Prize from Evening Street Press, and Smoke at the Pentagon: Poems to Remember (Bushel & Peck, 2023). Her poetry has appeared in over 100 publications. Visit her online at www.jacquelinejules.com
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