The sinister Alexa device on the side
asks frivolous questions:
What cheese can you live in?
I wonder?
It offers recipes:
A vegan pasta dish
Spring salad
Your parcel was delivered
yesterday
Another will arrive
on Thursday
you are told
Outside, the trees in the distance
still have their winter shapes
Comforting against a white sky
and beautiful in front of the sunset
The cat eats its food
The peace lilies are in bloom
I read a book, whilst
you are in the other room, sleeping
and away from all this
the city goes on
endlessly
but that, for now, is somewhere else