I no longer take
half breaths
say
half words
get
half-dressed

I wake up
make coffee
water plants
write

I enjoy the silence of
large
empty
rooms
open windows
children playing 
beneath artificial rainbows

There is no sun
just thick layers of lavender clouds

Periodically, 
the AC kicks on
and the hum from my laptop
demands I take notice
of the machine that wonders 
why it’s the only one working
so goddamn hard