I put my key in the lock

and open the door.

The alarm starts beeping,

I press in the code

and said hello.

I walk through the house.

I am all alone

Well, kind of

I open the garage door,

the alarm chirps,

it’s just me I call out.

I check,

everything is secure.

I go back into the house and

wander through to the back door

heading for the pool.

The alarm chirps again.

Still just me I call out.

It’s twilight

I walk past the first light.

The motion sensor trips,

the light comes on,

Thank you, I say.

I walk to the faucet

The second light comes on

Thank you, I say, again

I turn on the water

to fill the pool.

I pull up a chair at the table

and relax to the sounds

of the running water and silence.

After a few moments

The second light turns off

Like it is supposed to do

I call out,

Well, look at you,

behaving as if you know how…

More and more,

I find myself

talking to electronic things.

Sometimes I praise.

Sometimes I scold.

Sometimes it’s just to pass the time.

More and more,

it seems to me

I’m really

just preparing

for the day,

they talk back…