She’s fond of kicking the door
wide open entirely too late at night
wearing wild hair and her take-no-prisoners red boots–

      Let’s get this party started!

What can I do?
She won’t take no for an answer.
Insists I call her Roxanne.

In the morning I will have to explain again
to my husband why I came so late to bed.

—
Robin Turner is the author of bindweed & crow poison: small poems of stray girls, fierce women (Porkbelly Press, 2016). A Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee, her work has most recently appeared in Psaltery & Lyre, 3Elements Literary Review, and in the magical White Rock Zine Machine. Robin works, plays, and daydreams in Dallas, Texas.