Keeping Hours

A barking dog

silky moon

drunken man

a distant shout 

rustling bird

turning lights

a poet writes 

recent dreams

actors drawn

a sailors delight

cracking limbs

spelling change 

a mother feeds 

cats prowl

dripping tap

a door shuts

opa rolls

candle flickers

a couple kiss

taxi speeds

bootles clink

a book drops

creeping boards 

keetle steams

a runner thuds

horn beeps

curtains open

a blinking owl

people argue

footsteps creep

a puffing guard 

child screams

scooter whirs

a siren fading 

water laps

rooster crows

a key scratches

falling frost 

pillows soften 

a sleepy sigh

knees bending 

eyelids close