The Center of the Earth
By John Grey

Lying on the couch,

I smell coffee brewing from the kitchen next door.

I hear a piano playing in the room above.

            Moonlight serenade.

A dog, back from its walk,

yips the length of the corridor.

A key turns.

A door opens and closes.

Down below, voices rise then calm again.

Outside, the usual traffic flow.

The less I do,

the more I’m the center of everything.

John Grey is an Australian poet, US resident, recently published in Midnight Mind, Novus and Calliope. Latest books, “Bittersweet”, “Subject Matters” and “Between Two Fires” are available through Amazon. Work upcoming in Levitate, White Wall Review and Willow Review.