from five a.m. until seven

an ashtray reminds what not to do late at night
when paintings on the wall comfort
when they are read with a light on

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a shift of eye vision at just
the moment one leaf drops

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clouds growing up and out from the hill top
in pace with the sun, trees
seem luminous, giant

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changing light on the surface of paper
something happens if a pen is found

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audible hum of a laptop uploading
sound of tinnitus and above it
wood pigeon, crow

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street noise on Lamberton and Ward
is slow to start, just one car, a wheelie bin
the rumble of Kochie & Mel through the wall

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violent rush of the printer disrupts, at the
front of the house, the mantle clock chimes