Times
With five minutes of silence left
the room heavy with the scent
of lemon geraniums,
he watches
from the depths
of his crumpled anorak
as the paper crosshatches
with calculations:
244,
7,420,
178,000.
Sliding to the seat’s edge
grins, suddenly intoxicated
by such wealth of number,
months,
days,
hours,
life
reduced to multiples of time.
Jaws unclenching,
he is lifted from inwardness
those few moments,
oblivious to the old Mill’s
warren of voices this wet Thursday.
But beyond seconds
the rush fades.
He wants more,
but I am unprepared to enter
the realm of micro-seconds.
Two fingers cocked to his temple,
he makes for the door,
saying
Did you notice,
I brushed my hair
this morning?
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