T—- saw some deer out front of the bedroom door.
Kevin’s hand was black in the blue fading bright of dusk.
T—- was in the closet,
and he came out
joining us in bed.

Oh, my, what a wonderful debutante ball.

There was a warm ochre light just around the corner. We were expectant of the smile the woman sitting in the rocking chair gave us as she handed us a cup of tea.

It contained multitudes.
That’s three types of tea in my teacup:
Oolong (though I’m scared of its two consecutive o’s);
Sencha;
and Golden monkey,
which is also the chimes
from that iron and wine song
we listened to an hour ago

We took a paternity test
It said Kevin and I were both a house.
We challenged it,
and it turned out to be a false positive.
We are in fact an iguana
in a top hat
wearing a bow tie
drinking tea
out of the same tiny tea cup
that woman handed us.

This moment is a fact,
and you cannot dispute the facts.
#notfakenews