Backwaters Liberty Price

Liberty Price Backwaters

She loves you even if she Overfills the hot water bottle, Sending scalding droplets Directly washing over your sensitive fingertips, And the smell of warm rubber coats everything –

She loves you especially if The burnt edges of your surprise breakfast Fill the kitchen with smoke and Your throat gets scratched by cat claws Of cloying crumbs that catch:

She loves you when the bath She ran for you and filled with soap Is too hot and too full and Too bubbly and too fragrant And too unwelcoming.