Someone in a room goes
and the whole room goes.
We’ve remembered
the option of leaving.
We’ve broken the seal
that settles around
the light, the noise,
the temperature and
the furniture, until
the first person says
it is late.
Someone in a room goes
and the whole room goes.
We’ve remembered
the option of leaving.
We’ve broken the seal
that settles around
the light, the noise,
the temperature and
the furniture, until
the first person says
it is late.
Common Poem 