Sonnet on Friday Nights
On friday nights, I feel as if the world
Is so intense and fragile it avoids
My clumsy hands. I listen to the noise,
Alone, my ear pressed tight against the door.
To hear the snap, the rustle, the dull thud
Of heavy buttons dropping to the floor.
My own heart, so unsteady and unsure,
Sends rattles through my frame. I know I should
Lie down across the room, and go to sleep,
But I've held sin against my naked skin,
And felt the beating heart of it therein -
What point in seeking virtue? So I keep
My ear upon the panel, and what's more,
My hand, upon the knob of the unlocked door.
