the
breakfast
Perked coffee for two this morning and
Sat in your chair while I
Warmed my feet by the stove
The clock's second hand ticked passionlessly
Relentless in meter
Annoying me
Yet I marked time in ticks
Groups of a hundred thinking
Maybe after a thousand the phone will ring
Perhaps ten thousand
Oh, I managed to fill the empty silence
But not your empty cup
~ by betty elders ~
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