Outside the rain <br />listens <br /> <br />to the soft splutter <br />of a paint roller <br /> <br />moving slushily <br />from tray to wall <br />wall to tray <br /> <br />turning the world <br />to a bright baby pink <br /> <br />for what will be <br />our nursery. <br /> <br />This for today <br />is: Plan A. <br /> <br />The longed for baby <br />now merely <br />a twinkle <br />in my eye. <br /> <br />We get on <br />with the business of today. <br /> <br />Somehow <br />your roller <br />(don’t - ask me how) <br />misses the wall
