We will take a room in the house of beauty
Nestle there safe and sound
A warm string of paper
A blanket of words
Crash Bang
Who cares if the ceiling falls down
We are alive in a space and time
Which can never be flooded
We like it there
Quietly humming our own speed of light
They switched the milk
Turned it into wine
And cake claps Alice
Wiping the powder off her nose
We are waiting waiting
To take the bags down
Once they have gone
And our pulse descends
Down the stairs
Softly
Softly
Into the cellar
The light glares brightly down there
Mean like her
Scowling and growling in the kitchen cupboard
Too hungry to eat
Too tired to sleep
Hush
Hush
Blow the candles out
We wish for a mist to slow ourselves down
A white bright room
In a house safe and sound
Silver bangles clank in raincoat pockets
A chime
A voice
Falling petals
Singing in the night
All will be right
All will be well.
