Day: May 15, 2023

whispering mondaywhispering monday

monday morning elevator ride up to the office
riding with a slender young woman whose long copper hair
looks wet and is parted all awry

she yawns and groans
says, excuse me

i straighten my tie in the elevator’s mirrored wall

the yawning copper-haired woman looks at the elevator’s floor
looks at the elevator’s ceiling
whispers, whisper

the elevator’s bell dings at my stop
the doors slide open, i step out, hearing the elevator doors
slide closed behind me
a whispering noise

(Copyright 2023 by Tetman Callis.)

status reportstatus report

it has been quiet since your last call.
no faxes.
no visitors.
nothing of note in the mail.

still at my desk i sit, still.
the sun slips free of its bank of low clouds,
dropping slowly to its january horizon.

the branches of the grey trees are yellow.
i will go home now.

(Copyright 2023 by Tetman Callis.)

“It’s not the election that creates a democracy; it’s that peaceful transition of power.” – Lt. Gen. Walter A. Piatt, USA, November 3, 2021