I came once

there was a young man standing by the window and

beige curtains

and another one knelling 

and another one all dressed in denim

with a belt round his bare waste

and the woman standing on a little pond 

rapped in towel

she was smiling

I could smell chlorine on her 

there were seagulls on wallpaper

half hidden behind some drapes

he told me to have a seat

give me a minute

he said

play with a dog

he said

I can’t

I said

I am afraid of dogs

woman laughed

men smiled

dog was breathing

a man was holding a swaying tennis racquet 

a woman giggled

a man lapsed into a melancholy monologue

and another one stretched out on an air bed

with gel in his hair

and a comb in his hand

(I thought of Helga

barging into the room

swearing and wetting herself ) 

there was a girl sipping a carbonated drink

on a very hot summer day

she made strange sounds with her straw and the rest

of the drink

on a little white round pedestal

a sailor suit was resting

furniture was flowery and dusty

air was powdery

he waved at me

I waved at him

he asked something just by

moving his lips

I said

I can’t hear you

I was yelling