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August, 2003

the night the lights went out for an hour

like sudden engulfment
like sudden rapture,
    assumption into unknowable
a wavering of power and the
               universe—
we are all 50 years ago
    we are       a house full of
          candles    glowing
          undeterminable
   if God gave us electricity
          then where is  he??
like a cabinet door shut solid
        the trunk of your car, skippy,
     and the depth of the ocean
    looking out over the newly
        painted neighborhoods
  you think " there is more here
           than meets the eye"
darkness brought about
                by a simple wink




© 2003 by the respective poets