Four Out Of Five
Nora noticing the spaces and moments that are simply enough — not perfect, not lacking, just quietly acceptable as they are.
There’s a sign By the door It’s been there A while Nobody reads it Not really They look at it And move on Someone said It works Most days Depends who you ask Depends what you need Or so they say They gave it Four out of five Four out of five Not bad If you stay There’s a room Down the hall Low ceiling Soft light Someone’s talking About nothing Like it matters If you listen It sounds right At the time Depends how long You’re standing there Depends how late it is Four out of five Four out of five That’s enough For most It’s not perfect It’s not broken It’s just there Doing its job Night after night Four out of five Four out of five That’ll do That’ll do Yeah That’ll do