Breakfast in Bed
Morning, again
there is coffee brewing in the kitchen downstairs but
here, your lips taste like cream and
mine are dripping with honey
Here, light is sliced on bedsheets like banana bread and
your eyes are sunny side
each pupil a yolk
swimming in sleepy white
Here, you laugh like pepper,
smile like salt and
melt my butter hips
with your sourdough hands
Morning, again
there is coffee brewing in the kitchen downstairs but
here, we’ve got breakfast in bed
Bio
Miriam Steinbach is a college student based in Salem, Oregon. She is studying English Communication and enjoys writing, painting, and creating music. She is currently working on a book of poetry she hopes to publish before graduating in the Spring.