with
its coming
back

is 
God
:
awake

only in
the
midst

of it
:
rerum
novarum

the progress
of light
across

the working
slum
:
knowing it

the soft
susurration

of
nay-sayers
:
'nevermore'
a raven fills the mouths
of the poor
:
extinct
light douses
a nocturne
:
solstice night —
what does it profit
amid the stars?
:
so
eloquent

drip by drip
the withdrawal

of
sight