Sloth’s best. Lolling on a sofa
In a Chinese dressing gown
With the windows open in the heat,
The breeze rousing the leaves.
The flies dozing on the ceiling.
The silky hush of a summer afternoon,
Like floating on one’s back
With eyes closed in some pond
Clogged with water lilies,
Inhaling their scent as they nuzzle close.
The light and shade dillydallying,
The leaves sighing again.
Afterward, not even that.
Majestic stupor. Stirring only at midnight
To click on the yellow table lamp.
Charles Simic, The Secret Of The Yellow Room
Images: 1. Geoffrey Chadsey. 2. Fred Muram 3. Glenn Rudolph 4. Chadsey 5. Eric Elliott 6. Bernardi Roig
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