last night the moon
waning
from behind dappled
backlit clouds
directed my dreaming
even so
cruel arid moon
i’ll still love you
there i witnessed
three deaths
including my own each
still heavy
within me i am shaken
even so
cruel arid moon
i’ll still love you
tonight i will pull the
curtains
in tight to keep that light
from seeping
into my senseless sleeping
even so
cruel arid moon
i’ll still love you
bhagiti 9.4.07 perrysburg, oh