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dusk

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Leo

in

Coming at twilight…..

unprotected by incandescent glare,

techno drone or numbing, sitcom silly,

caught outside by unfinished task,

imminent darkness compacts still air

with golden, thick light…light so thick,

you can twirl it with your finger.

Only an owl dare perturb about,

—who-who–whoo…..who-who-whoo—

such an amorphous loneliness.

Dusk envelopes and gently whacks

me, gently but firmly…whack!

and I, compressed to a singularity,

wonder at my condition of choice;

my solitude, my isolation worn boldly;

amulet or albatross?

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3 responses to “dusk”

  1. Susan L Daniels Avatar
    Susan L Daniels

    Oh, I simply adore the close on this! Of course, the whole poem is wonderful…

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    1. Leo Avatar
      Leo

      Thank you, Susan. This is an old one. It originally had one more line at the end: “Amulet or albatross?” referencing the albatross around the sailor’s neck from the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner but I figured few would understand what was intended so deleted it. You can store that bit of useless info for posterity! Bye, Leo

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      1. Susan L Daniels Avatar
        Susan L Daniels

        Thanks, Leo! Wouldn’t call that info useless at all 😉

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