Office Painting After Hours

the flowers in the lobby paintings do not bend

to the standing orders through they seem to

breathe fixed colors in the light of day.

by night the blue moths come, the incremental breezes.

here in the ease of the long ago gardens

we could rest if we chose.

but the late shift has such things to do

the flowers are eclipsed and pale and pensively

the moonlight weeps

in slow tears barred
from expensive corridors

mary angela douglas 28 september 2014