Animusity

Sometimes I am a good wife,
to myself.

I scrub until invisible order
becomes visible,
and I forget to resent the loneliness
of doing it.

I feed myself
like the self devouring snake,
stomach to hand to
stove to mouth.

Sometimes I am a good wife,
to this inner man,
and he leaves me alone
a little longer.

written 13th November 2013