Alarmed

Tomáš Miklica

Earl Grey

English breakfast

A cup of tea

Sugar, at last

Dawn, a shiver

Morning

Steam, a figure

Longing

A kiss, some light

Souvenirs

Long night

She’ll leave

Too hot, just blow

Wet hair

She’ll go

Farewell

That’s it

Closing the door

Quiet

Forever more

Tomáš Miklica (1991) is a Czech journalist and author. He writes prose in Czech and poetry in Czech and English, with two novels published so far and his older poems to be found in literary magazines including Panel and Poems, Tales & Other English Words.