wait

Slatted sun
striping
the floor the cat

wheezing
in sleepiness
lilac sweet

purple antique
curling through
window

through a diff
erent
window the sun

pinging
glass from wine-gold
to sun-blaze

sudden darkness
upstairs the
cat sleeps

against me
as I
sleep waiting for

string

She wondered
what
to do
with
the moment
stretched
to
almost
breaking

a guitar string
tuned to
some im
possible
pitch

vibrating
to each
pluck
word
look
thought--

Extend a
fingertip
to show
where it
is? Flick
it with
a finger
nail to hear
its note?

Or simply
snatch it
clean
from the air
as if
it were
webby
silk
and rub
it to nothing
ness
between
her palms?