Blackout (Haiku Series)
<<2003-10-07 - 4:28 p.m.>>

When the lights went out
the city sighed and settled.
Sunset came, breathed, bloomed.

Darkness filled the streets
like subtle gas expanding,
thickening the air.

Yes, there was a moon.
It rose and spilled over, small
ladles of pale light.

And yes, there were stars.
Imagine: city and stars
soft and somehow ours.

People navigate
the streets, each other. The air
treasures each voice.

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