no scarecrows in the morning

The palindrome affair
was not exactly cheating
not in her mind
as she stocked shelves
in the backroom, cordially

Ostend musicals denounce
the blatant violations
of commercial marriage contracts
she argues plumbago fatale
Thirty-nine Articles dripped chips

Attendants mark the clown behavior
that stained her underwear
for her husband to find
her mother covered for her
infidelity is a matter of opinion
there are no scarecrows in the morning

Waking to the plagiarism of love
home defense love quakes
houseboy travels home and regret
how 1,000 years have passed
who is really family and who is not
delineate latent pounces of absolute peace