Why do we bother with the rest of the day, the swale of the afternoon, the sudden dip into evening,
then night with his notorious perfumes, his many-pointed stars?
This is the best— throwing off the light covers, feet on the cold floor, and buzzing around the house on espresso—
maybe a splash of water on the face, a palmful of vitamins— but mostly buzzing around the house on espresso,
dictionary and atlas open on the rug, the typewriter waiting for the key of the head, a cello on the radio,
and, if necessary, the windows— trees fifty, a hundred years old out there, heavy clouds on the way and the lawn steaming like a horse in the early morning.
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