a single lamp · a single hour

the study

the lamp is on; nothing else. its yellow circle is the room's only opinion.

books in unsteady stacks — read, half-read, postponed. a pen on the desk is uncapped, as if you were just here. a watch on the blotter is wound but not set.

through the door, the library; through the window, a deepening evening. you can write here if you remember how to begin.