Sleeping with Nazis

Sleeping with Nazis

she comes home from 

a hard day at the death camp

never discusses work

I know enough not to ask

her take off her boots

in silence

I’m home early 

working for the resistance

You know what they say;

opposites attract

She loves hearing about

office gossip

I make a good soup 

I’m vegetarian

Usually too tired to move

watching netflix

Planning about the summer

when she thinks the war will end

She’s excited about her promotion

We’ll be moving deeper into Poland

I’m sure I can find work as a translator

Of course it all bothers me 

I throw up my hands 

and I go to sleep