Night of the 9th

Night of the 9th. Photo by Rick Stachura. February 16, 2021.

 

 

 

return to our past

 

the feathers fashioning 

our heads into newborn infants 

as we sleep

 

a soft leap

toward forgotten passions

 

what we’ve shared

how we’ve cared

 

each color repainting 

the night sky 

in bloodshot red

 

my water-downed bed

drawing me in to

the cloth confines 

of today

 

how i’ve tried to stay away

 

these clocks that

cocoon me

in sheets and clothes

 

i’m breakfast for the birds

that pick my remains

 

 

 


Words by Rick Stachura. “Night of the 9th.” August 9, 1995.

Photo by Rick Stachura. February 16, 2021.

View of Manhattan from Astoria, Queens. 432 Park Avenue is on the right. 


 

 

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