The visitor

I still make coffee for two
you cannot smell it now
because I leave the windows open day and night
Tell me, under that winter coat of yours,
can you still feel the cold?

I have taken out the garbage
and emptied the fridge
things rot unusually fast around here
But the place looks so much better
since you last visited
don’t you find?

I’ve rearranged the furniture
so everything looks tidy and neat
Wasn’t this what you said you needed most?

With his back against the wall, the man turned to leave
‘The sleep, woman
what do you keep waking me up for?‘

2011. December