the emotion of paper

in the
stood still she
bedroom cultured
opens her drawer of
dresser mohogany.
fish of
silken underwear
and something surfaces
tickling out from
the past of her
knowing
yet holding
back
to imagine surprise.
she puts it together
soon enough
the plain fact,
an old photo.
inhibiting her face
making sure
her expression is blank
in case her husband
might see,
this creates an internal fight
which ends in failure
and a grimmace.
confused about the
emotion of paper
she must
accept the power of symbols.
impromptu door noises
shake her
straighten right now
submerge the photo
back into the
sea of underwear,
underwat
er
yo
u
no.