Wednesday, 4 May 2016

Family breakfast


The sound of boiling water
The smell of melting butter
In the frying pan

Just before the egg is broken

The alarm ticks
The yoke whole
Or yet to be scrambled

The water boils the T made

Rosy warm out of bed
The folds from the pillow
Still in your cheeks

Shuffling in your pajamas

Down the stairs to below
Can it be otherwise?
Look the sun shines through the windows

Mum and Dad already at the kitchen table.

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