Air

I like when the sun is almost down after a hot day

and the soft air fills up with mauve

We have never talked of breezes

in almost 40 years of marriage

It's not that we had other things to do

but these were not valuable enough

Why do you think that is?

Who do you think would have these conversations

About the movement or stillness of air?

Maybe the Prince of Stasis, or the people

Who have run out of everything

Or have run out of nothing