Saturday, with its long hallways.
We stood in the showroom choosing
between dove and sandstone,
holding squares of future against the light.
The banana was for youβ
you who names every color aloud
as if saying it makes it stay.
Yellow. Yellow. Yellow.
Outside, the harbor sat still
under a sky that had forgiven everything.
I want to tell you about the rooms
we almost chose, the lives
that fit us like carpet samplesβ
close enough to walk on
but never quite the right pile.
The spa brochure is still in the car.
The afternoon is still in the afternoon.
You are asleep now,
your hand open,
holding all the space
a Saturday can hold.