
One sipping hot cocoa,
the other tea.
~
Sitting by the fireplace
Wood crackling
Heat absorbing
Flames crawling
Smoke swirling
~
Yawn. One tired,
the other not.
~
Stereo blasting
Television on
Stove burning
~
Another day,
Just another day.
~
Fire gone.
Lights out.
They retire.
~~~
Written by Beth Malbon on February 7, 1995 on Imagery for my Creative Writing Class in college.