A sailor's bracelet
Vibrant orange color has dulled
Unwrapped ropes hang


Pale young hands
Grip the subway pole tight
As train jolts


Two ends lifted
Frayed and wrapped around each other
And pulled tight


In the apartment
A woman folds her laundry
And piles it


Fingers tap on
A flat metal keyboard smoothly
Over the letters


Lips to glass
Liquid pours into the dark
Glass put down