welcome home

the shrimp

shells

in the waste basket

tell

you that you've been gone

for a few

days.

too long.

mail is on the floor,

the machine

is lit up.

there's a note on

the door

for a delivery

that now needs to be

picked up.

the clocks need to be

set forward.

one is now

two o'clock.

welcome

home again, the mat

says.

welcome home.