Saturday, April 11, 2009

Evening


the sky is mine, I claim it.

The odd dartings of bats, even, are mine; I like them less than the birds

and much less than fireflies.

the single insect suspended in lucid air

between two fronds of warm palm

is also mine.

I want all the pieces of this.

The moon sits on a spiral staircase tonight

and you talk of a trip from years ago.

and yes, I want that long-ago time-

if I walk back into all those years,

I hope

the moon would be the same.

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