“Dark Arts”

While holding the baby, 
I turned off the bathroom light,
Then I turned it on.
Then she, with her spongy brain,
Turned it off.
Then we stood—
Well, I stood—
While she mumbled
And fumbled in the dark,
Unable to mimic my alchemy,
To clear smoke
From the mirror.

Best of the Net nominee, Rich Glinnen, has had his poetry featured on Rich Vos’s and Bonnie McFarlane’s podcast My Wife Hates Me, and is a mainstay at the Nuyorican Poets Café. His work can be read in various print and online journals, as well as on his Tumblr and Instagram pages. He currently has two cats, two kids, and one wife.