In the Cases

Afternoon took them down the stair from the chamber above the chapel. Crown, sceptre, apple — still cold from the year.

Seven keys turned back. The locks hold air again.

In Vladislavský sál the glass is ready. Schools named for morning. Public from the nineteenth.

Slight rain left the steps at eight. Clear now, about twenty-one. Sunset still at 19:18.

The hall keeps them overnight. The chamber keeps the year it had.