The Night Poem
Lightbulb balls of sweat fall and roll
On pavements, and roads,
Mile upon mile of it:
The Nile, The Nile.
A flash of skin, a gap of clear
Like a cut.
A kind of see-through pus, leaking
Fat air through snake-eyed light
And snake-tongued hiss.
Concave trees touched by searchlight. Naked word.
Naked wind, Cold breath.
It stops -placid- a gash, a stream
And over it, the animal cry
Of wild noise. Blood confetti,
Dish soap hands
Stamped into iridescent stars -
A cut
A cut
You try to drown me out,
But fall flat and clear, onto dead earth.
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Written on June 01, 2022
Submitted by samj.14828 on June 01, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 547 |
Words | 119 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
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