D.S. Maolalai

tired this evening. spent all afternoon
repainting the kitchen extension.
it's yellow. the yard will be bright
for the summer. perfect for barbecues
or just having coffee some mornings.

i like that, with you, having coffee
and toasted thick sourdough sandwiches
with salted and mashed avocado 
or eggs made the way that you make them,
scrambled with butter and a little ground
salt and ground pepper. i sit out—you bring them
on a small wooden chopping block
to our garden table and followed by the dog.

and the sun on the paving 
in our south-facing back yard
glaring bright as a bathroom at night.