198 Miles

Friday, June 15

many lamps

 Throw on all your lights.
Dress yourself in the warm tones
Cast against the windows which
Become walls in the night.
Slabs of night pressed up cool
Against your tungsten shield.
We pray with electricity
We sway with the hairs
in the light-bulbs above us.

How many lamps will it take to
Drive away the fear?