All In One Night Poem by Luke Harbur

A wise and old circle of women who understood the struggle behind my dark storybook character.

An aged woman who loved a man

with an invisible mask of secrets.

The movie which reminded me one day,

I will

and will love

to love forever.

The taste of a crispy Walleye and my father's share of a harsh family circle.


My dazed confusion.


Later I took the key ring

and glided in familiar paved squares

which made me feel

like a lab rat

looking for reinforcement.


My reward came.


Through my parent's goodnight

and Paolo's song.


This was my night,

of finally knowing another.