Tuesday Afternoon In November Poem by Jan Oskar Hansen

Tuesday afternoon in November.


Well this is, the ending of another day I'm looking out
of the window the road is clean and tidy after rain.
The sun is coming out of hiding and strews golden dust
on the window ledge, it is a sort of thank you since I'm
taking care of a sunray I found huddled behind the gas
bottle in the back yard. It was too cold for it to get back
so I put it under my bed - I need only one blanket now-
so there are times being kind can be helpful.

The sunray, not talkative, hides behind the china I bought
for my daughter's wedding only I never had a child; it
was a dream I mistook for the real thing; but never mind
the cleaning lady likes to drink tea and pretend she is
a grand dame. It is darker outside than inside so I lit the fire
drink a cup of coffee, at this end of a beautiful day.