Le Voyeur

Ulia Trylowsky

October 6, 2024

I lay in bed

naked,

trying to ignore him

as he turned his head slowly

to look at me

staring,

leering,

his quivering

antennae erect.

Avoir le cafard.*

*translation – feeling blue (literal translation - having the cockroach)

Uliana Trylowsky is a transplanted Ukrainian-Canadian who has lived in Southeast Texas for over 25 years.  While she struggled to accustom herself to the unique qualities of the region, she now calls it home and, until the war in Ukraine, found herself to be quite a happy person.