2023. január 18., szerda

Billy Collins: Sleeping on My Side

Every night, no matter where I am

when I lie down, I turn

my back on half the world.


At home, it's the east I ignore,

with its theaters and silverware,

as I face the adventurous west.


But when I'm out on the road

in some hotel's room 213 or 402

I could be pointed anywhere,


yet I hardly care as long as you

are there facing the other way

so we are defended in all degrees


and my left ear is pressing down

as if listening for hoofbeats in the ground.

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