I prefer moon shadows
I prefer slow days soaked in plum sauce and
long nights dreamed far away
I prefer on-demand
I prefer hand-stitched
I prefer hand-written
I prefer collective nouns in shades of pink
I prefer dogs
I prefer walking in the frosty dark and
not in a public park
I prefer oranges dripping
I prefer the flapping calendar
I prefer spilling sauce
I prefer something to binge watch
I prefer pillow palaces and duvet tents
I prefer mowing
I prefer baking
I prefer fiction
I prefer the cheet cheet of a piwakawaka
I prefer the middle of the road
I prefer the other one
I prefer what is left unsaid