Sibling Smiles

He’s smiling

Now

He was asleep

Thirteen seconds ago

He was groaning and moaning and rolling about

Mostly hidden underneath his covers

Six seconds ago

Now

I can see his hair

His ear

And his smile

Because

Through the spaces between the wooden dowels in his headboard he can see his sister crouching down in the two feet between the head of his bed and the wall and staring right at him

He’s smiling

Right now

Because

He is awake

Right now

And he can see

Her

Smile