James McGurk’s most recent poem to appear here was Time Expired (July 2014).

Twisted Sheets
By James McGurk

I don’t want
Another morning
Like the one I had last night
Thought my mind
Would never get right
When a shadow
Of your love
Lay on the bed
Calling me by
Another lover’s name
And it’s another
Morning nightmare
Spinning in my head
Thinking about
The pair of you
Sleeping somewhere
More than shadows
On sheets and pillows
On his bed
And the laughter
Ringing in my head