Revisited

 

 

                         Lights of the city square

                         bounce off incandescent lamped pavements

                         sprinkle the gold dust on the streets

                         night of the hot breath

                         expels it vapors

                         on the taproom window

                         we sit expressionless with one drink

                         strangers in a smoke filled room

 

 

                         True love

                         a year away from the academy

                         hurries past neon lit ships

                         yellow windows with a fixed smile

                         farewell is the belly stoved waiting room

                         a railroad station in a small town

 

                         Rounds of parties

                         fade into the dawn

                         faces of friends

                         mirrored in the glasses

                         of the cocktail hour

 

                         We turn away from the night

                         the insistent mockery of the dream

                         my brothers  the heaven is bare

 

 

 

                                                         Jack Mashman

                                                         Rev. 1993