Nightsight
Cloud caressing towers create man
made canyons that drown in
dusk induced darkness.
Vagrant wind glances down the dusty street
startles windows and slaps soiled
newspapers across yellow lines.
Humpbacked shadows flicker like
indecisive moths
circling unevenly spaced street lights.
Colorless cars evade airborne paper
skirting pools of halogen light
stirring the shadows into decisive action.
Harrowing loneliness radiates from my marrow
pervades thoughts of my tomorrow and
strangle my fears of yesterday.
Solitary vertigo overwhelms my sight,
diminishes my spirit and
quenches the fires of the night.
Birmingham, AL - February 21, 1990
The evening view from my cubicle on the
13th floor.
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