Blanket
Sam Hendrian
Originally published in the Summer 2025 issue of the SDL Review, available in print on Amazon. Also available in eBook form on Kindle.
We asked each other casually
If we’d recently met other people
While pretending the answers bore no impact
On the rest of our conversation.
It’s become a tradition for me
To meet the perfect person at the wrong time
Like a museum patron gazing at a portrait
Painted 90 years ago.
She theorized herself into oblivion –
Maybe I’ll do this, maybe I’ll do that –
Whereas me myself was happy
With the love I already knew for sure.
Perhaps I wouldn’t mind being a rock star spouse
Expecting frequent dalliances
But not particularly bothered
Because I’m the one they come home to.
Anyhow, we continued to discuss noteworthy encounters
Even though none of them compared
With the warm trustworthy blanket
Spread across our trembling legs.
Meet Sam Hendrian
Sam Hendrian is a lifelong storyteller striving to foster empathy through art. He resides in Los Angeles, where he primarily works as a poet/independent filmmaker and makes at least one movie per month.
More of his work can be found on his Instagram
Read more Sam Hendrian poetry featured in The SDL Review — Summer 2025
Skin and Bones – Sam Hendrian
Showed Promise- Sam Hendrian
Photoshoot Fantasies – Sam Hendrian
Blanket – Sam Hendrian
