aiya...

HOMEMAKING
like the sofa pillows my mother buys
to put on the sofa, leaving
very little room for buttock cheeks;
or like the tissue dispenser covers, toilet
seat covers, coffee bean tin covers,
bed side covers, peppershaker lovers;
or like the very expensive wine glasses
and gold-plated toothpaste holder,
i will always have to explain my existence
to people that i wish would just leave me alone.