Suddenly
street light can do things other light can’tall that was to be was what it wasclownish light nothing morethen suddenly you find yourself in something’s abject glorya trill of color on dirty winter icestreet light can do what other light can’tto wander the soft dark outside the circle of lightragged circle from the street lightit was always this way heredarkness like expression of doubt spills overwhen excess thought leads to starlingsa geometry taking wingThis poem appears in the October 2024 print edition.
street light
can do things
other light can’t
all that was to be
was what it was
clownish light
nothing more
then suddenly
you find yourself
in something’s
abject glory
a trill of color
on dirty winter ice
street light
can do what
other light can’t
to wander
the soft dark
outside the
circle of light
ragged circle
from the street light
it was always
this way here
darkness
like expression
of doubt
spills over
when excess
thought leads
to starlings
a geometry
taking wing
This poem appears in the October 2024 print edition.
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