1.04.2013

No Life in the Bulb


The neighbors have left their porch light burning
Every night since they moved in.

Maybe it’s for me – the chief of the nighttime insects –

There it goes – extinguished.

The writhing electric spur between two wiry prongs
escapes into the greater silhouette of night.

Where do the moths go
Now that there is no life in the bulb?

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