Monday, October 29, 2018

Poem: Insomnolence

"Insomnolence"
by Charles Rafferty

I navigate the dark house by moving from the green star of the smoke detector to the blue star of the electric toothbrush. I am no different than Magellan or Marco Polo, I am guided by what burns. Some nights I step onto the back porch. The prow of it charges the blackness, while the stars above me sharpen and blur. Inside, I harbor the ache of what is no longer possible.

https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/insomnolence?fbclid=IwAR1mddXAdbAJqNYrG34h8Qy6SvEgf1pj2HUM-KsM-xTolQcqTO7k1DPPYmI

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