Hours bestow the power
to dribble away
a perfectly fine day.
The mind has no budget.
The sets are free;
The actors free of equity.
The script entertains
every possibility,
until dusk drops the curtain
upon our play.
The hours of the night
require footlights
whose cost we often cannot pay.
Daylight hours are meant
to store treasure to purchase
all we have dreamt.
We rest most easily
and dream most peacefully
when day has been well spent.
annarino writes 