278. Jigsaw

Boy did not sleep well
last night

I had peeled
all the sunny pieces of the day
off
last evening

leaving behind
the empty dark board

all the pieces
but
for the stubborn
radiant piece of the moon
which refused to relent
and come unstuck
from the sky-board

and all through the night
the moon-piece
smugly
kept
peeping through our bedroom window

and you know how
Boy is such a light sleeper

no wonder
he did not sleep well
last night