Night
Posted 10-09-2009 at 01:08 AM by The Anchorite
Night
Night comes in with a shy reluctance
and is allowed to stay in this village,
but only for so long.
Before night can get comfortable
it's swept, into manageable piles,
by the elegant lamps edging the
knotted streets.
Bricks are neatly stacked
by anxious workmen,
nets are stowed on fishing boats
and the sun is hoisted to the mountain top.
Lonely night is quickly sent home,
the village too impatient
to let her linger.
- Eric Rhodes
(2009)
To a small Catalan village
Night comes in with a shy reluctance
and is allowed to stay in this village,
but only for so long.
Before night can get comfortable
it's swept, into manageable piles,
by the elegant lamps edging the
knotted streets.
Bricks are neatly stacked
by anxious workmen,
nets are stowed on fishing boats
and the sun is hoisted to the mountain top.
Lonely night is quickly sent home,
the village too impatient
to let her linger.
- Eric Rhodes
(2009)
To a small Catalan village
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