A Moment Soft, Rosy And Intimate Poem by Margaret Alice

A moment soft, rosy and intimate, warm
and cosy, ate in front of the TV, watching a
BBC comedy – Black Adder – I lay in your lap
after taking the plates to the kitchen, laughing
about the Captain’s infatuation with so-called
Georgina, you stroking my back

Nici brought her essay written exquisitely small -
about a ghost, a story for tomorrow; feeling warm,
happy and safe, just doing the dishes and the night
will be ours, happy in household duties, just being
together, my tummy protruding from eating too
much, stealing a kiss in the kitchen...