Traffic stops
In some kind of trance
Men lose their cars
Stop making sense
Loose and bemused
Foolish grins
They're holding buttercups under their chins
The city street lamps come on soft, orange,
and blushing in the dark
In precious light, half submerged,
a gilded bike wheel gleams, a golden curve.
What is it?
This marvelous thing
That lasts only a moment
But touches the cold
In the dying of light
With warm marigold
"Just a tiny star falling down" Day laughs.
Before slipping away and singing out of his grasp
The city street lamps come on soft, orange,
I don't know where we are
In precious light, half submerged,
Broken glass thrown out on the muddy grass
Don't step on it
"Just a tiny star falling down" Day laughs.
credits
from B SIDES,
released September 10, 2017
Adapted from 'Day & Night', by Ryan Chandler.
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