“late cup“
a cup waits on the bench,
its position unchanged,
holding a small shift of light
as the room adjusts around its rim.
shoulders follow that adjustment,
working through each hour
with the same steady mutedness.
corridor air congregates
in slow stepping gait,
walls leaning into familiar stillness.
a hooked cloth stays where it was,
offering a point to return to
as the day moves in lowered light,
each motion calibrating toothed whispers
of what can be carried.
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