Future wife
︎︎︎ Jack Ludkey
︎ June 16, 2025
My friend is looking for his wife
He doesn’t know what she looks like
He looks for her in every woman
She could be anyone
Behind the hair
And freckles
And soft peach fuzz
It’s hard to know where she is
She’s not hiding
If she was hiding he would know where to look
Under the bed
She would be simple like that
Or behind the open door
If she was feeling cheeky
Or behind the curtain
where her socks matches the wallpaper
He had searched these places before
But he double checked
More often than not
He doesn’t know what she looks like
He looks for her in every woman
She could be anyone
Behind the hair
And freckles
And soft peach fuzz
It’s hard to know where she is
She’s not hiding
If she was hiding he would know where to look
Under the bed
She would be simple like that
Or behind the open door
If she was feeling cheeky
Or behind the curtain
where her socks matches the wallpaper
He had searched these places before
But he double checked
More often than not
Jack Ludkey is a writer, director, and poet based in New York City, originally from Madison, Wisconsin.
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