Tonight

Tonight
We will
not be
assuaged
by the
phantoms
that pervade
in the torrid
streets
of the world

Grappling the podium

Resume, chuckle
Level your pipe
Horizontal,figure
Pitch, instruments

The table is set
for flickering candle-lights
Can you not hear us
run through the courtyard



Copyright,1998, CaseyCarter
From, Aflame