“She slept til noon with red lipstick on
it never smudged in the night
unwashed-
and unclean-
He came home to broken dreams
and then he said to her,
“Remember that
for richer or poorer,
’til death do us part.”
Yes-
Lest they vowed with
-unclean hearts.”
Til Death Do Us Part, Faith Barnett, 2015