The Absence of Wavelength

sleepy head

sucked in by
heat expansion,
from putty and paint,
sticky on sealed wood
window frame. softly
she pried to slide open,
where scheming white pollen,
faces pressed to screen,
silently waited like screams,
wake up boy! even though
school's out, chores
don't do themselves.

I miss Mother's reminders
for a lazy head.


5.12.23

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