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Sarah Hoffman

You ask me to leave my clothes
at the door. You fold them
and stack them in a metal bucket;
you drop a match in.
The blouse goes acridly in seconds.
The jeans are slow
and you worry aloud about the smoke alarm.
For a moment, when the pocket
catches, we see my keys
silhouetted; a frayed
watchband; change.
When it’s ashes and blackened metal
you lead me by both hands
into the kitchen, where you’ve set
two places.
High hardwood chairs.
I sit with my legs crossed,
uncrossed, tucked.
You pour white wine; you watch me.



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