So many visitors
.
to us, unaccustomed to any:
Mr Hatred, Mrs Envy, even
young Overweening Pride.
It's hard to know
how long they will stay, what
they will want for dinner.
.
Outside, the little birds come.
Martha calls them a mixed flock,
apologetically
like a racist speaking
of miscegenation. These
things happen.
.
Easier visitors: but
they rise, paring
peels of air
at a shift of light,
or at the hiss
of distant air brakes.
.
Nothing undemanding stays.
2 comments:
They certainly do the rounds, these visitors, travelling fast.
Thank you for this.
Some visitors extend their stay, others know when it is right to leave, and some leave far too early for our liking.
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