Streets Of Saint Elmo Poem by Emmanuel George Cefai

Night.
24th December.
Midnight and deep.

Midnight:
See
the windows lighting.
Yet they sleep.
They drank vodka also.
Once in a year.
Once in a year
let them rest!
See the Ghost of the New Day
becoming!


Scene One:
Past midnight now.
See the bats are bolder.
They cry louder.
That bat screams.

Scene Two:
The cats are calling
They have been making love
Even on Christmas Eve
They want conceive.

Scene Three:

A posse of figures hurry.
A donkey passes speedy.
Has it fled?
From where?
For short.
Everything
for short here.