gifts
I like them

look
I'm smiling

this hat
too

I have on my pearls
and then there's dinner

across
we're together for a moment

stymied
in attention

days days days
the heat keeps us from sleeping

though my imagination is fuzzy
my emotional response is clearer

and I see the city playing
many floors into the future

we're on time with the rain
enough money and time

patience and presence
listening

enough for my needs
tonight I'll rest in my own