
The Mad Housesitter Has a Good Day
Michael Hathaway
Coffee’s dripping into this
day without clocks.
Nobody wants me.
I can listen to echoes all morning,
talk informally with the turtle
in Amber’s flower garden,
share wheat crackers & popcorn,
Write Dear Suzanne without hurry-up,
tell her about this clockless day,
how the cat’s asleep in the breadbox,
how something is right
with the world.