Prelude
Alexa Radson
There are secrets spilling
on the living room floor,
but you and I are in the kitchen
making tea. Boiling and brewing.
Steeping and pouring. A splash
of milk. A spoon of sugar.
And we are smiling and teasing
each other for our tastes and
keeping our voices low, lower,
as if we were the ones spilling
secrets. But we are
hesitantly sharing a glance,
tentatively, a touch, a question,
an answer. Yes, I’ll take sugar.
Yes, I’ll take milk. Yes, yes,
yes. Please.
Alexa Radson
Alexa Radson is a writer and poet from California, currently based in Boston, Massachusetts. She studied classical theatre at the University of Southern California and in London. When not writing, reading, or thinking about stories she can be found staring at flowers and attempting to learn Ancient Greek.