darkness blankets

the alley outside

as one earthen bowl of bananas

dozes inside,

six curved yellow sleepers

spoon on the table, they’re

joined at the tip,

seem to face and retrace

my soft lidded eyes.

when piano-playing like smoke

curled in the cave

of the next room

entrances my mind,

you nap on the stub

of a sofa

dreaming,

whisper a sigh…..