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Even in the dark


09.21.16 Posted in today's words by

Simon Perchik’s most recent poem to appear here was Not lace—a saucer (August 2016) 

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Even in the dark
your shadow is slipping away
covering the floor with rain

and what’s saved once the night
overflows—hold me! put a stop
to arms that are not arms

no longer can close the door
from so far off, nothing
though you cling to a board

that has no one inside to bury
is clenched between your teeth
and the black coat dragged

by water, by this single window
for hours circling to come down
look for glass and the others.



2 Responses to “Even in the dark”

  1. Jennavive says:

    Wow! This poem is beautiful and deep!

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