pajamas all day

how long, he asks, do you want
to keep
working.

staying at it. day in day out.
the business.
the clients, the calls?

the paperwork and taxes?

he's in his pajamas and it's one
o'clock in
the afternoon.

he's having poached eggs
in front of the tv.

I look at him and say,
two years, maybe three,
we'll see.

it's not about the money
anymore.

it's about something else.

it's about not wearing my pajamas
all day,
perhaps.