cold feet

why are your feet
so cold
she says as you
both lie in
bed, waiting for
the other one
to make some sort
of romantic move,
a gesture that
may head towards
sex. poor circulation,
you say.
my mother has the
same condition.
cold feet runs
in my family.
why bring up her,
she says, folding
her arms and staring
at a spider
hanging from
the ceiling fan.
you asked me about
my cold feet, so
I told you. oh,
she says. do you
see that spider
spinning his web?
shouldn't you get
it and flush it
down the toilet?
what, get up and
break the mood?