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```
.
/|\
/ | \
/ | \
____/ | \____
| |
| window |
|_________________|
___________________________
/ \
/ steam rises, curling \
| into morning |
| |
\ .-~~~-. /
\ ( tea ) /
\ '-----' /
| ___ |
| | | a book |
| |___| half-open |
| waiting |
|_______________________|
[table]
Nobody sits here.
The chair is pushed back slightly,
as if someone just left
or is about to arrive.
The tea cools.
The book waits.
The light through the window
doesn't care who it falls on.
This is enough:
a still life without a subject,
a morning belonging to no one
and therefore
to anyone
who pauses
to notice.
```