Saturday, October 20, 2012

Saturday morning


With the house in construction upheaval, it helps to pay attention to the things that remain the same:  the autumn sun, blue sky, the Saturday morning routine.

On Saturday everyone
Sleeps in.
Still
No matter how long
I stay in bed,
Everyone else wins
The sleep contest:
The husband
The daughter
The cat
The turtle.
Everyone else
Sleeps in.
I wake to autumn sun
Blue sky,
The sound of a house
Breathing slowly
Steadily
Around me.
On Saturday I hear
The waking patterns
Begin.
Everything
Everyone
Moves slow
At first.
Everything
Everyone
Moves slowly
Slowly
Slowly
Until
They appear.

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