Love as shrink wrap
nearly air-tight
or so she thought
he found a way to wriggle free
without her seeing
then wriggle back in again
Up north the Navy is toasting
its forty-billion dollar aircraft carrier with
wedding vintage Champagne across the bow.
In California it is raining crystal tears
from Richter-shaken chandeliers
and somewhere electricity surges,
Lana Hechtman Ayers, originally from New York, resides in Kirkland, WA where she is a manuscript consultant and writing workshop facilitator. She also publishes the Concrete Wolf Poetry Chapbook Series. She holds a BA in Theoretical Mathematics from City University of New York, an MA in Counseling Psychology from Antioch New England Graduate School, and an MFA in Poetry from New England College. She hopes someday to return to school to study Astrophysics.