Angela Cowan is
a third year student at VIU majoring in Creative Writing. This year
she is thrilled to be on both sides of the desk for the university's
literary magazine Portal, with having a poem published and serving
as poetry co-editor for the forthcoming issue. She has two previous
Monday's Poems and has had poetry published in Synergy. Between
poems, Angela is writing a YA fantasy trilogy entitled "Rue's Crossings,"
and was recently awarded the Meadowlark Award for Fiction. Her blog,
Would You Like A Cup of Tea? celebrates all things creative,
and can be found at angelacowan.wordpress.com. She also lives to bake.
One Night Stand
Strains of a lovingly strummed guitar seep through
the thin walls,
a single curl of smoke rising from the cigarette
wavering with every rumble of the semis that drive by outside.
The bed's been empty for a week,
the sheets in the same disarray you left them.
I sleep on the chair in the corner and wake
with the dawn, staring at the fading imprint of your body in the blankets.
