"Housekeeping" Tepid blow cools the liquid to hunch and wind. A box arrives and loaded spills order across the Jloor. Living room, dining room, room of tinder and kindling. The joints grind to aspirin under the whitest application. At night I place oil over all the door hooks to make for swifter leaving. Kerosene opening , I saw it coming and took Jlight. Ashley Toliver is the author of the chapbook Ideal Machine . Her work has been supported by fellowships from Oregon Literary Arts, Cave Canem, and the Academy of American Poets. She received her MFA from Brown University in 2013.