Delphinium Descends

When I awaken early,

Delphinium descends

From the bedroom

Ceiling.

Zinnias, red and orange,

Grow up through the living room

Floor.

Lily, our cat, arises, stretches,

Peers through the viburnum that surrounds

My reading

Chair.

What’s this fresh mischief?

She

Thinks –

I can tell.

I say I don’t

Know.

But,

I don my red velvet dress in celebration.

Of something.

Some unknown

Happiness.

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I return to our room

My husband still slumbers.

Red roses climb our antique wardrobe I refinished and painted vibrant

Orange.

A no no, I suppose, but I love it.

Husband snores.

He’ll not awaken soon

We had a late night-morning

Out our front picture window, I

See a mama sheep and two lambs

Grazing in our front yard.

Mama looks at me and seems to

Wink.

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Out back a lion lounges on our patio.

She sees me and strikes a sphinx like pose

I take my book, Death on the Nile, outside to

Read.

Maybe I’ll read it to my feline

Guest?

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