I’ll buy some curtains when
I get my raise.
and maybe I’m telling you,
So I’ll finally do it.
But drapes don’t feel as important
as a full tank of gas
and driving to church on Sundays.

But hey!
The house plants got so much light,
and my monstera’s been alive for almost a year.
I can watch the storms roll in,
and my neighbors wade through the night,
and when you pull into the parking lot,
I know you’re here.

Contributor Bio:

Perse Kay is a part-time eager author and full-time mad scientist. A professionally trained engineer and physicist, they use their spare lab time writing science fiction and sharing their inner world via poetry. Perse lives in their old, brick apartment building with their madagascar hissing cockroaches, toddler height monstera, and neighbors who vacuum at 2 AM.