The sound of you reading.
A whisper every eight minutes.
Sound of you sucking your teeth.
Deep breath unsettling your chair.
The nail of your index finger against
the grain of your blue corduroy slacks.
Like an instrument.
The sound of your scanning eyes.
Your motionless mouth.
Your cheek
lit up with light reflected off the pages.
All dark now
and quiet. The books all burnt up [...]
