It's Still Life

655 Watts

the old woman
wakes with the sun.

07.16.
the roof sleeps
another hour.

the old woman
makes breakfast
for the old man

but the battery
makes coffee.

08.30.
off grid again.

13.00.
the solar app
goes round
and round
and round.

nothing.

the old woman
stops knowing
what the roof is doing.

the roof
does not care.
it decides it does not require
supervision.

it puts miles
into her car anyway.

17.00.
football.

her team
loses again.

the old woman
looks at the roof
but the roof
has no explanation.

she has
lost hope.

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— from The Old Woman’s Weather

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