Anna Couani #35 2nd storey stories

2nd storey stories
come to mind
especially when you
stand looking out
from a 2nd storey
window onto trees
streets

I remember
looking out over
the garden of our
next door neighbour
Mr Pitt, short for
Pitendary
watching him with his hoe
in his garden

women inside
around the kitchen table
making piles of sandwiches
from square white loaves
into the tiny triangle
type of sandwich
for the annual ball

the enamelled teapot
the slow combustion stove

those days, like now
with blue skies
puffy clouds

and at work
looking into the branches
of tree
and down to the asphalt
playground
a desk next to the window