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the birds start without me
i watched the ceiling turn from grey
to something i could name
the neighbours started up their car
the pipes began again
i'd made a list of things to do
and folded it in half
i thought the night would help me sleep
it only helped it pass
the birds start without me
the buses do the same
the morning doesn't ask me
if i'm ready for the day
i don't have to meet it
with a different kind of face
the birds start without me
i can join them when i can
i took the cup down to the sink
and opened up the blind
i put a shirt across the chair
the one i didn't mind
i didn't finish everything
i didn't make a plan
i watered what was on the sill
and let the morning in
i got as far as breakfast