ASHLEY GALLAGHER

Psychotherapy

Feel shame
the associations
obvious
losing interest
in love
the moment
he pulls
a 40-count
pleasure pack
from tote

There’s more
to learn
in the film
I watched
an older artist
who made love
with her nose

The joke Mona told
at a party

In my opinion
she used God
loosely

Ashley Gallagher is a writer and teacher living in Los Angeles. Her poetry has appeared in Quarterly West, The Big Fig, and Second Factory.