Noise

Here there be noise
Perpetual noise
Caffeine twitters, radio waves
The whoop! slip of
Inebriation on the rocks

Here I keep stock
With spreadsheets and winks
Plaster my walls with
Post-its of tomorrow
Tomorrow
Tomorrow

Here there be noise
Of maybes and can’ts
Laptop keys, rolling boils
Garbage truck,
Electric cello,
A chatter and thud of
Final grades

Here pass the days
A buzz of mundane
Mundane, then
Snap! and crackle,
Mad dash for high tide, and
Out of milk