Spreadsheets while the kettle boils
Steeped in numbers and hot water
An accounting fraught with fragrance
Bagged and tagged
We are stirred and stirring
I on my bench
My tea on the saucer
Reading the fine print
“Choose joy daily”
“Attach sch B if required”
The pencil needs to be sharpened
The ink needs to be refilled
The bank has sent me papers again
The tea is almost gone
How to calculate the number of cups
To finish this
To savor this
Fiscal numeration
The kettle boils again
Steaming we are in sync
Maybe just one more pour
This interlude stopped
A moment
We resume suddenly
Into motion
Restarting where we left off
After paying our dues
