You figured it out
eventually
the first time you guessed it was the kids
they play in the carport all the time
near that switch
and the second time
you thought it must have been the wife
leaving it on when she was hanging the washing
who else could it have been with the kids in bed
but the third time
the light was off before you had that shower
and you stood in that carport
in the darkness
everything so still and quiet
daring for me to emerge
I thought you would hear my breathing
standing so close to you
but you went back inside
locking that glass door behind you
and when you came back to it
a towel wrapped around your waist
beads of water running down your legs
that smooth glow of the fluorescent tube
was lighting up the carport
and then you saw them
those workman boots
that you had left carelessly near the wall
just below the switch
I don’t like those boots there
it reminds me of something bad
something that happened to me
and you moved them to the shed
switched off the light
standing in the silence
the hairs on your neck standing up
waiting for me to appear
and if you do it again
I will show you all of me
but in the meantime
I’ll sit here next to you
watching you sit at this screen
like I do
Some seasons later…
I’ve been patient for some time now
but the noise from that hair dryer
it reminds me of something bad
something that happened to me
your wife uses it all the time
drying her hair in the bathroom alone
with those galvanized pipes
exposed up the wall
all rusted up inside
and brittle
she’ll figure it out
Ground to Ground 
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