Blood In My Eyes by Susan Isla Tepper

Every spare bed 

in your house

animals sleep together

snug in harmony

 

But, you see

I need a bed

badly—

a place to rest

my bloated head

Full of gin 

and the blood in my eyes 

Unlike your animals

blanketed by love

literally— your love

The kind never 

experienced

while I was growing up

Susan Isla Tepper is a a twenty year writer and author of 13 published books of fiction and poetry. Her latest new release GIRL UPSIDE DOWN is a Novella published by Wilderness House Press. www.susantepper.com