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How Full of Sound the Night Can Be

Bereft of spoons, I balance three
forkfuls of
cocoa to my mug.

I lean back in my father’s old chair,
the good one, in the corner
facing the ash soiled
fireplace. I feel a spot I didn’t know
ached loosen in my back.

I twist and gaze on the piled
dishes, and again, for one moment,
hear you hum your formless
tune to childlike
percussion of dishes
in the sink.
          -Alastair Llewellyn Drong-