i think in pictures in the morning.

[laynamarya]

because i am lucky
(in one way
if not another)
i awoke in time
to watch the sun rise
beginning with a furious blush
that overtook
the dolphin-blue light
strong as that of seven full moons
and ending
breathing orange fire
like my father
awakened too early
in the morn.

i arrived
at my usual Saturday destination
to see many men
much happier than he,
having seen
the blue half-hour
but even more pleased
to gaze into their cups
of black coffee
and into my face,
with the eyes half-open
but the smile
bright as day.