Raccoon

by Niles Baldwin

I’m gonna kiss you on the head so that you
Know that there’s still affections among us
But I’m gonna go in the other room while you
Do the dishes and if you hear me with a bath
Half drawn then do your pissing outside near
Behind the trash cans and while you’re out
There maybe you can ask the raccoons for
Advice on how to be less that way you are
When you make me mad. I’ll see you in the
Morning with bags under your eyes and if I
Call you half raccoon and you don’t laugh
And kiss me back then I’ll feed you trash
And threaten you with my worst that may
Just leave me drowned in a little bit of bath.

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Niles Baldwin lives in Maine. His writing can be found in such places as BRUISER, Soft Union, Sleepingfish XX and elsewhere.

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