Wednesday, November 17, 2021

The Staircase

There is a little staircase at the head of my bed, it runs from here to Mars.

I run up it when I am dreaming to go sit at the bar, which is on Mars.

I sit on the stool and dream of school and all the things I have to learn,

while the atmosphere steams and the surface of the planet burns.

I am in a bubble made of glass,

I watch the planets spin and the constellations pass.

Tiny green men with hammers work on spaceships

and tell me things I need to know.

Then I fall slowly, like a fog or a dreary day

back into myself as I silently lay.

I proceed to wake up, 

and generally make some black coffee.

I start running down the staircase at great speed

to meet the day.