Well, He Asked
by Margaret Fieland
one of those clueless questions
at dinner with the whole family.
A beat while I consider my answer.
“I was gazing at Marie,”
drooling,
but I don’t mention that,
“and I realized I wanted
to jump into bed with her.”
Silence, then the buzz
of conversation resumes.
He refuses to speak to me
for the rest of the night.
Born and raised in New York City, Margaret Fieland has been around art
and music all her life. Her poems and stories have appeared in
journals such as Turbulence Magazine, Front Range Review, and All
Rights Reserved. She is one of the Poetic Muselings. Their poetry
anthology, “Lifelines,” was published by Inkspotter Publishing in
November, 2011. You may visit her website,
http://www.margaretfieland.com.
