March 8, 2009

alight

the streetlamp cranes its neck to
silently watch each snowflake settle.

a girl walks over to it and removes
a mitten to touch the chill metal.

the lamp trembles, spilling yellow light
across the empty street.

the night fills with the warm hum
of electricity, a steady heartbeat.

 

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