Fifteen minutes

fifteen minutes before
my class begins
read or write
choose most pleasurable
write

fifteen minutes before
they arrive
to play poems with paint
move colour and shape
paint

fifteen minutes before
my time is up
choose the mood
thoughts and words
play

fifteen minutes before
decisions to make
panic and pressure
not long now
dream

fifteen minutes before
five remain
talk art stories
choose art history
discuss

fifteen minutes before
sunny day class
moving into autumn
still life set up
stare

fifteen minutes before
they arrive
one minute to go
too late
a voice

fifteen minutes before
fifteen minutes ago
sweetly passed