of an evening

the currants in the tea loaf hold a secret and we don't know what it is. the telephone rings good news. cookies crumble into monster mugs of tea. music plays notes drifting towards the tower of chocolate, who sits quietly in a corner balancing ripe red raspberries. elephants and tigers raise their raisin eyes. women laugh. silver glitters. science holds court. we don't know that we don't know. doubts surround us. uncertainty reigns. life is good.