Bleak majesty
Coffee flavored and shaving cream scented,
The sun starved day struggles into being
Cautiously edging through the living room windows.
A furtive breeze is tugging at the unraked lawns,
Sweeping the bones of leaves to skitter along the street
Dressed in its patched, sky-colored asphalt.
In the crook of a railing, the remnants of a spider web
Slow dances to song only half heard.
Coffee flavored and shaving cream scented
The sun starved day struggles into being