arcaneplaces

the café stayed awake
on behalf of the rest of vienna

inside, two people were still working
or performing a careful imitation of it

outside, the city that ever sleeps
had already turned off most of its thoughts

the lights made everything look possible
which was kind of them

the sky had been opened for inspection
all its capillaries showing

orange entered first
then pink
then the blue they use when closing

the tree stood perfectly still
so nobody would notice
it was conducting the whole thing