Peter Magliocco lives and writes in Las Vegas, Nevada.

smiles of lyrical suns
By Peter Magliocco

Does it roll into you,
the musical vibe from nowhere
inculcating us with sweet sounds
until our minds remember her
with the first dream of beauty
holding forth
throughout the breadth of time:
walk with me beyond banal wend
where old shadows multiply
with a thousand shades of darkness
swallowing your cat in inky stew
for the void to feast on
the hunger never satisfied,
the autumn wind never gentle
enough for us to settle beneath
& count blessings of another day
to parcel out between us
immeasurable smiles of lyrical suns
bringing what we really believe in
make us hold the wayward day
to our lips sung by the last sunset.