Morning in the City

Some mornings
leave you feeling like Atlas
carrying the weight
of the world,
when that simple
"splash of water on the face"
turns out to be a torrent instead
and you feel as if you'll never again be
"buzzing around the house on espresso"

Mornings
when your Muse
has a hard time inspiring you

leaving you
with nothing but an amphora
of plain water
to wash away

the bitterness
you felt
while sipping your espresso
this morning

Photographed
on the morning
of May 11, 2010
at the fountain in front
of the Austrian Parliament
Ringstrasse
and at Demel's
Kohlmarkt

Images and text
© by Merisi

The quotes
are from
Billy Collins'
poem "Morning"