Lyn Lifshin
When She Heard the Man
 
threaten to kill her.
When her pink dress
felt like a shroud
and then she turned
around and saw he
was talking to some
one else on his cell
phone, realized he
must have been
threatening some
one different over
the phone. Terror
melted from her skin
as if she'd been
dipping in rose
scented calming
warm water