The Last Week by Bruce Hodder

'Jesus, what does it take with you?'
she asked me underneath the duvet
in the last week of our love affair,
when her right hand failed to reach me
like it used to, and she cramped.

About Bruce Hodder:

Bruce Hodder lives with his wife Michelle in Northampton, England, the most statistically average town in the UK. He has been published in many magazines and online, most recently in ‘Winedrunk Sidewalk’, ‘Under the Bleachers’ and ‘The Rye Whiskey Review’.

Please check out Bruce Hodder's book The Journey Home:

http://www.lulu.com/shop/bruce-hodder/the-journey-home/paperback/product-24163986.html