Seeking Sleep
Hey — they turned the moon off!
……. gone by my window
………… once too often
I stick my arm out
and get a glassful of dark air.
O to pour
……. the night over my head!
O for a taste
……. of nothing!
……. Everything I’ve lost —
years gone into the past’s
shoes.
Now for the other life!
…………………….. the one
without mistakes.
I finally dream of you.
I’m like a mountain goat
searching for your window
as my crazy hooves
clack along the deserted
streets of town.
by Lou Lipsitz
from Seeking the Hook
Signal Books, 1997
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