Cooking Lunch

sights and sounds of life
all around me
scrambling about
flirting with the light
as their prey,
shadows hiding here
and there - a 
painter's delight...
moments of thought
interrupted,
delayed and rephrased,
delivered and summoned
as would a jury be...
skilled and unskilled
in the light obey
the traffic signs they
do not delay any longer
than necessary...
they say with contempt,
non provoking 
their disobedience is,
mocking about
in our lonely minds...
tempted to look inside
the pressure cooker
before it has finished.

December 3, 2024