Pins and Needles

by Christine Nelson and Michael Dylan Welch

First published in Prune Juice #26, November 2018, page 85. Originally written 17 May 2009 at VanDusen Botanical Garden in Vancouver, British Columbia.

daisies lean together

on the garden bench

soft snore Christine

sleepwalking

to the fridge again Michael

carefully removing

her shoes and skirt

power nap Christine

phone sex

we share

our yawns Michael

putting the baby down

pins and needles Christine

halfway through

“Morpheus and . . .”

nodding off Michael