David Laverty
Chore List
I wash the linens, sweep the hardwood floors.
I put a clean cup back in the cupboard.
I light a fire for when you come
through the door
saying “thank you / thank you /
thank you.” I wash the linens, sweep the hardwood floors:
I whisk away the cobwebs drifting
around the door; I don’t want them caught in your hair
when you come.
You laugh with such style.
You say “I want everything”
looking at the hardwood floor.
Underneath the kind, you pulse wild.
You are my first hookup.
I wash. I light the fire.
This is no chore.
This is a hookup.
I wash the linens
when you come.
David Laverty reads “Chore List”
David Laverty (b. 1975) is a poet from Ontario, Canada. He has served as an urban firefighter for over twenty-two years and brings interests in masculinity, mythology, work, nature and power to his writing. His poetry appears in Plume Poetry, The Night Heron Barks, Dumbo Feather and elsewhere.