Go find your mother’s legs
was like
Go clean your room.
Except you had no room.
That was the difference.
The room you didn’t have
was one place
they would not be.
That was how things
could be seen.
You had no toys.
They were made of wood.
Mike White's work has appeared in Poetry, The New Republic, The Threepenny Review, The Iowa Review, FIELD, and others. Originally from Montreal, he now lives in Salt Lake City and teaches at the University of Utah. "Pair" is featured in How to Make a Bird With Two Hands, winner of the 2011 Washington Prize from The Word Works.
