At the Sink
The dog makes a ghost
on the door of the house
whose back patio presses up
to the fence that splits
our spaces The dog makes
a ghost by breathing
on the door from both sides
while waiting to return
or wanting to be outside
Whenever I see the neighbors
they are doing the same thing
A man and a woman
across from one another
at an island Maybe just one
The woman in her nightgown
or the man reading a newspaper
with the straw-colored dog
in front of the shadow marking
so clearly what he wants
I wonder about seeing the sameness
of their days and know that
for them I must be the woman
at the sink This is not disappointing
Maybe this is a way to dip into
the eternal or the meaningless beauty
of images A dog on either side
of the glass A ghostly dog within
the glass The faucet’s graceful neck
i look out the living room picture window and i see similar ghosts of neighbors lives. this is what pricks the queries of what and why's.
ReplyDeletegood write. a common stimuli for most writers. they observe in the shadows then create story lines and tell stories.
gracias mi amiga