Morning

Margaret hosts the round up today at Reflections on the Teche. Wishing you a morning filled with espresso, soothing music, and steaming green grass. 

Morning 
by Billy Collins

Why do we bother with the rest of the day, 

the swale of the afternoon, 

the sudden dip into evening, 

then night with his notorious perfumes, 

his many-pointed stars? 

This is the best— 

throwing off the light covers, 

feet on the cold floor, 

and buzzing around the house on espresso— 

maybe a splash of water on the face, 

a palmful of vitamins— 

but mostly buzzing around the house on espresso, 

dictionary and atlas open on the rug, 

the typewriter waiting for the key of the head, 

a cello on the radio, 

and, if necessary, the windows— 

trees fifty, a hundred years old 

out there, 

heavy clouds on the way 

and the lawn steaming like a horse 

in the early morning.