There were sharp, dark nights
When I was sent to the store;
The alleys and empty lots
Were void of comfort light.
There were night sweats
When figures approached;
I would pause on the sidewalk
To hear the retreating steps.
I'd turn to watch a dark outline
Cross under a canopy of branches;
His procession out of the light
And into the long sharp night.
Abandoned houses had draped windows
In the dark of morning deliveries;
Black, steel steps lead to balconies,
Beneath them darker yet.
My window displayed the silhouettes
Of cold thin twig fingers;
And the darkened stairs had a balanced creak,
Or a shoulder bumped into the landing.
I pulled the blanket over my head,
Darker still, I let the night roll on.
That was night.
Tomorrow has dawn.
What's night is night.
What's dark lives on.
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