Nocturne

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Nocturne

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hawk moon hangs heavy
in the damp night sky

bulbous moist pearl
rolling
in a cold chromium fog

wet slivers of cloud
smear themselves
across its face

irregular

translucent sacks
of moonbeams
breathing

glassine billowing pillows
oozing
soaked with midnight

stars float and spark
glinting
dripping
shivering

frozen splintered crystal-tips
diamond chips
pinprick rips in blackened space

they wink and wane
and flutter

shattered bits of silvered light
snapping here then not

behind the ghostly white vapor
that slithers through the firmament

the world devoid of color
aglow in sterling grey
a negative of day

thick and chilled

filled with the sound
of stalking after-dark things

nocturne

the sorrowing hour

to lay bare your soul
in pale introspection

in grief of secrets

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rob kistner © 2007

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