Word Games

by Ashvin Mistry

..and so it comes to this
     letters dropping one by one
          among st sips of coffee and biscuit crumbs.

...between errands of this and that , 
      after the first yawn of the day, 
          before thoughts can linger after a hectic day. 

...tally relentlessly one by one , 
      stacking numbers till a game is won.