Saturday, September 12, 2009

A BORROWED NIGHT

The stars, which have now disappeared
Spent the dawn mooning each brave face:
Venus, Mercury, the patron of thieves.
They met cold Mars in retrograde
And retired close to the fear of war
But there were no extras on the clock
Or minutes to match thirteen cycles
Whose tides - thus created - pull
Our wilderness into the wind
Of four dim candles, a roaring river.

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