One Word

as the daylight comes back again
the table left on the sidewalk folds
itself into a small metallic square
then expands suddenly
off over trees    hedges    parked cars
all this so fast it seems to disappear
but it hasn’t vanished at all
just gone unhindered into the vast universe
that you thought you knew
leaving just the small paper sign
that had been taped to its top:
            free