Night Light

Fog down between the houses

book wet in minutes

shallow pool on the table

ink skipping pebbles

of mist on the page.

No time to complain-

it's your luck to have this

moist air, a full belly

chair on a balcony

light to write by-

praise for the blessed headlamp's

cyclops eye

centered on a forehead

bent to learn! Otherwise

it's just plain dark.

for Alpha and Latif         

10-31-12

SF