venn diagram

i have lost you to sleep again

sleeping as we do on opposite sides of a venn diagram

i read the time in shadows on your wall

the shards of light through the slats on your window

i ease myself from under your languid arm

i fumble on my boots and hear you breathe through your alarm

and i disarm it for you

you rarely heed it anyway

i wouldn't want it to intrude upon your dream

school bell ring

messing up the play

a note

penned clumsily in this century's type-ruined hand

saying gone down the shops for a walk. i'll bring back some sandwiches."