The Baker
Shows up early in the day, it’s just after noon for you. You are still at the office. But your girl is home in between classes at the university. And so is the baker. By the time they are finished you might be having lunch with colleagues talking about work and television shows and the weekend. But he is on his way home to go to sleep. And when you get home from work she will still be at the university. So you will wait around, you might take a nap, your dreams overlapping with the baker. And when you get up and she is finally home you will both agree that it has been a long and tiring day and maybe you will make up for it later, you talk about television shows and work and the weekend. While you sleep the baker rises. He is on his way to work now, thinking about your girl, kneading dough and tossing pinches of flour around the counter. Pounding out sweets with a rolling pin. You wake up and she is still asleep, corners of her mouth twist into a smile and you think she’s dreaming of you. Nope, it’s the baker.