We’ve been moving so fast
I can’t tell if this bottle
is misplaced from the others
or simply stuffed under sheets
because when I return to bed
drenched in the day’s sweat
she cannot stand the smell of me
and, the next morning, when she
has the smell soaked into her
blouse, she needs to forget
the pain ground into her hips.
Cassady O’Reilly-Hahn is a poet with an MA from Claremont Graduate University. He is a managing editor for Foothill: A Poetry Journal that highlights graduate student voices. He also works for AudioEyes, a company that describes TV and film for blind viewers. In his free time, Cassady writes Haiku for his personal blog, orhawrites. This work can also be found on his Instagram @cassady_orha. Cassady currently resides in Claremont, California, where he can be found flipping through fantasy novels in a cozy recliner on the weekends.
