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A Lone Streetlamp

the refrigerator hums clocks tick a lone streetlamp sheds it circle of light snow-muffled steps approach, retreat inside, outside the hush of midnight's beat

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P.S. Awtry

Date: 1/12/2022 7:06:00 PM

cozy? eerie? midnight... and all it's creepy questions. do i just go to sleep or is something waiting for me to turn out the light?

L Milton Hankins

Date: 1/12/2022 8:38:00 AM

...and time passes on! Good stuff, gw.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/13/2022 6:47:00 AM

Scary, how 'time passes on.' It seems to rush faster every year. Makes up for how slow it went when we were in elementary school...

John Lawless

Date: 1/12/2022 5:58:00 AM

IT'S JUST ANOTHER LATE AMAZON DELIVERY.....

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/12/2022 6:20:00 PM

Ha, ha! Well, it sure wasn't 'Door-dash!' lol.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 1/12/2022 3:14:00 AM

I've got this Victorian Street scene in my head. Tom

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/12/2022 6:19:00 PM

Positively Dickensian. Narrow, cobblestone lanes, and bone-chilling, damp cold air. Brrrrrr.

Sara Kendrick

Date: 1/12/2022 2:50:00 AM

I am not sure about the second stanza. I see someone coming in but then something happens outside that I am not so sure about. A policeman's area to walk a beat or ride a beat so no longer are they patrolling? Enjoyed reading this one because it left me with questions. Thanks for all the visits to my page. Sara

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/12/2022 6:18:00 PM

Questions -- for which I have no answer. ~ Silence

Valsa George

Date: 1/12/2022 1:43:00 AM

During day we get tuned to all these faint sounds, though can be scary in the stillness of the night! But the street lamp stays as a beacon. A lovely light verse Gershon

Gershon Wolf
Date: 1/12/2022 6:16:00 PM

That's it, Valsa! -- a 'beacon.' Couldn't think of the word yesterday. Thanks, gw