She takes her tea with milk
and eats Fruit Loops
every morning
Capable of love,
her muses are taking louder
at 4 am most mornings,
she draws flowers
with a felt-tip pen,
drawing until the kids wake up;
she brews coffee for her hubby
and pours more Fruit Loops
for her family,
dreaming of her gentle blooms
as she’s finishing up the accounts
at work. She wants to draw
over all the uncovered surfaces
of her desk with lilies.
She cannot afford to plant
her own private garden.
A couple of mint plants
flourish in tiny pots
in her tiny Kew Gardens kitchen
making perfect tea
for every morning.