before light
when to be
is just that
in darkness
becoming
a candle
let there be . . .
ta ta ta
strike the flint
for now
a spark
just that
Saroyan's candle
sputtering
lighght
night breeze —
the sound of light
on a wick
the light
that lies
in words
a candle deifynes the darkness
(published in Bones 12)
