Another Space

They sat on either end 

of a honey toned oak table

with mugs of Ceylon tea, 
a plate of shortbread cookies

an earthenware teapot, stacks of books,

and an Appalachian mountain dulcimer

Poetry and music conjured up

sylvan settings where time

expanded and contracted

—and words loosened from boundaries

—and songs without words

set up new perimeters

Improvised sounds carried melodies 

to places 

unencumbered by time