It's Going to Be Morning Anyway (After Wayne Hogan)

And how we know is that the hatted pilgrim 

Poses before the empty chair awaiting 

The routine assignment to pour forth 

Into the pan to heat an ample portion 

Of that familiar recipe for 

A reliable heart a happy heart to hold

Daytime in esteem reciprocating with 

The pleasure of what there is to expect 

Of daylight including even the rain 

The snow some freeform clouds morphing into

Photogenic curls of gray and white 

As we launch from a time-tested chair

Soon wood warm before a checkerboard 

Tablecloth usual as a mockingbird