day — away

day — away
sink into comfortable mundanity and
enjoy the view through a
two-way mirror
outside a cleaved leaf lightly sways before
drifting to the ground
a squirrel
right on schedule
scurries over to investigate
but spirals up the tree chased
by a rogue companion

divorced from cares but an outsider
taps politely on the glass
not entirely opaque
which slides to the right