“In the great green room
There was a telephone
And a red balloon…”
The mirror in the empty room
Reflecting nothing that moves:
The unmoving room,
The mirror,
The window going from day to night;
The room unmoving
Reflecting the fading light.
The telephone ringing once
In the empty room;
The white curtain unmoving
In the open window;
The quietness of the waiting room;
The grandfather clock silently standing;
The still, pale air,
The room unmoving,
The mirror waiting.
This One & This One 