It is so peaceful on the ceiling! <br />It is the Place de la Concorde. <br />The little crystal chandelier <br />is off, the fountain is in the dark. <br />Not a soul is in the park. <br /> <br />Below, where the wallpaper is peeling, <br />the Jardin des Plantes has locked its gates. <br />Those photographs are animals. <br />The mighty flowers and foliage rustle; <br />under the leaves the insects tunnel. <br /> <br />We must go under the wallpaper <br />to meet the insect-gladiator, <br />to battle with a net and trident, <br />and leave the fountain and the square <br />But oh, that we could sleep up there...<br /><br />Elizabeth Bishop<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sleeping-on-the-ceiling/
