Angie Smartt is a writer based in the Pacific northwest

D'arby

D'arby

Who else
would I rather drag a Uhaul with,
full of a 1000 piece Ikea jigsaw couch,
up the highway?

Me, driving,
stewing over problems silently in my head
while you recline,
quietly singing along with T. Swift,
of course, knowing every word.

I know we’ve been married for 30 years but
Who are you?
And how did I get by without you before?

I love you
and I do hope our love will survive
putting the couch together.

That Powerful Kind of Ache

That Powerful Kind of Ache

Radical Rejection

Radical Rejection