GOD’S HOUSE

by Joanna Gilman Hyde

The Tomato-coloured Couch 1:00pm

Men don’t generally

pick lint & cat hairs

off of stuff

No kitty-litter leavings

get swept off the couch

by a male tidying hand

I’ve just put out cheese & crackers

for a new potential girlfriend

& lit a candle for Her

on My coffee table

Would a heterosexual man

have done the same?