The Hum of the World

For Rita Alba Santucci

And the restaurant

"Santuccis"

Sometimes the world hums.

The warm good food in your stomach hums.

The good people who cooked it are humming in the kitchen.

The live chatter from the people at other tables

And even the annoying children

Hum.

The knowledge that today at work

Where sometimes everything can go wrong

Or just a little out of whack

Or mediocre

Or just so so

Today

Went so right

Sits in your happy head

And Hums.

And the relationship that sometimes takes so much work

Tonight

Takes a night off

And walks on the beach

In the warm evening air

Humming at the moon.

Every mad bad and crazy thing

Has fallen asleep at the devils table

And the angels of all that's good

Crank up the world's great turbine

While neighbourhood dogs

And couples out for a stroll

Waiting for the lights

On a street corner

Lift their heads

Ever so slightly

And listen carefully

To the faint hum of the world