a night kitchen

Mountains do require a lot of watching.

We have to keep an eye on them. No telling when they could get up and run off after us in our dreams.

Taking turns to hide behind each other so that maybe we won’t see them.

Waiting to jump out and surprise us. Rising up under our feet as if to prove a point that they had been making.

The way the clock is always
in the same position
when you wake
however long you’ve slept.

The way your head is positioned:
you can only see the clock
and a window which is also a clock

orange and yellow for day
and then closed off by the black.