The factory siren tells workers time to go home tells them the evening has begun. When living with the tall man whom I didn’t love, I would wander the streets, dreaming of Italy. Trekking the handful of avenues with him, he would say look there between pink cobblestones, there’s manure like mortar. The sweet smell […]
Fear in the middle of the night- Fear and horrible imaginings- Fear of my life, Fear for those I love and our world, Fear in the early morning Fear and more fear- Fear broken a bit by the light, Fear broken a bit by morning prayer, Fear broken a bit by ‘learning’, Fear broken a […]
I heard the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls! I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls! I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop o’er me from above; The calm, majestic presence of the Night, As of the one I love. I heard […]
Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the […]
