Guessing Game

 

 I woke just as dawn was peeling the day,

and with my eyes closed tried to guess what

t-shirt and boxers I was wearing

beneath the covers pulled to my neck.

 

I guessed the medium blue boxers with

the gold diamonds and the grey t-shirt

with the gym logo on it.

 

I was wrong—black & grey boxers with crosshatches

of thin maroon stripes, white t-shirt

from a half-marathon.

 

That’s OK, I’ve been wrong before when

my eyes were closed, thinking

something was one way

when in fact it was another.

 

--rLp--