My Wife

                                                         R. Carver :בתוכ

       "ןתיב" םע ףותישב ןוקילה תאצוהב ,1994 ביבא 11  רפסמ  ןוקילה  :ךותמ

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   My wife has disappeared along with her clothes.                      

   She left behind two nylon stockings, and 
   a hairbrush overlooked behind the bed.   
   I should like to call your attention     
   to these shapely nylons, and to the strong                            

   dark hair caught in the bristles of the brush.                        

   I drop the nylons into the garbage sack; the brush                    

   I'll keep and use. It is only the bed   
   that seems strange and impossible to account for.