it is sometimes
what we hope:
a woman
under a waterfall
in a shampoo commercial
but sometimes
it is a single hair
clinging
to a wall
as water strikes
for fear of
the drain
Based in Modesto, California, Matthew Andrews is a full-time private investigator and part-time journalist, writer, and poet. His poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in pacificREVIEW, Deep Wild Journal, and Song of the San Joaquin.