After Release From Prison

Awake.

Where are you?

At home.

Still unaccustomed-

awake or sleeping-

to being in your own home.

This is just one more of the stupefactions

of spending thirteen years in a prison.

Who's lying at your side?

Not loneliness, but your wife,

in the peaceful sleep of an angel.

Pregnancy looks good on a woman.

What time is it?

Eight.

That means you're safe until evening.

Because it's the practice of police

Never to raid homes in broad daylight.