Two rooms

We sleep separately
(good neighbours that way)
I plug in
and am known as Vader.

The motors of her snore
are like a cheetah’s purr
and, of late,
she reports things that go bump-
a slammed door
something in the ceiling
talkative ghosts

We hold hands with long, long arms.

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Image: Pixabay

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