Day 224

Don’t look too closely at these two children
stretched out on the stairs of a house
that is no longer there.  Was it theirs?
The children are lying, heads together, as though
they are telling each other something important,
Some story about a friend, some secret
about their teacher….Don’t get closer, don’t
look too carefully.  If you do
you will see that one of them
has just one eye, and the other
seems to be looking up at the sky
but isn’t breathing, can’t see the clouds
pass overhead in a slow wind, 
now and then parting to let the sun
shine on their faces.