No7: MEN LIVE IN MY HEAD

PHOTO BY NAT BADE

NAT BADE

snarky creatures

claiming the attic

never taking their shoes off

creaky floors echo good morning and good night

I leave food at the base of the stairs

gone by morning

I keep them fed

I keep them healthy

in mint condition

I give them the space

they evidently wanted from me

I admit

I’ve tiptoed up those stairs

when I feel my most deflated

and crawl into bed with them

Just to slip away in the morning

to prepare breakfast

to leave at the foot of the stairs

and do it all again