Summer is golden
butterscotch, January
skim milk, thin weak pale.
Winter sun
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Summer is golden
butterscotch, January
skim milk, thin weak pale.
Light breaks. I heed the
call to darkness, cup rich black
magic in my hands.
A’s dream–a fairy
cottage in the woods–simply
too good to be real.
Weighing sleep against
productivity, I write
into a new day.
Dark fear crackling at
the edges, the heart beats on,
pulsing core of light.
Like green periscopes
tiny shoots peer from muddy
beds searching for sun.
Night pushed back, a dark
blanket kicked aside as the
sun stays wide awake.
Like laser pointers
they blind in red green blue as
they save the planet
Soon, darkness recedes.
But tonight I wrap myself
in velvet-starred black.
Dog is lagging yet
clear skies pale green leaves urge me
to linger longer.