Women can seem a world away, their sheets smelling of “goodnight.”
Setting a small loaf of bread on the table so we don’t notice the distance, don’t feel them
missing.
Ryan Bloom teaches English at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the United States. He received an MFA from The American University in Washington, DC. His work has previously appeared in places such as The Baltimore Sun, Bird and Moon, Bartleby, Horizon Magazine, and The Current.