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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

Copyright © Gershon Wolf | Year Posted 2022

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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? Login to Reply

L Milton Hankins Date: 1/12/2022 8:38:00 AM ...and time passes on! Good stuff, gw. Login to Reply 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..... Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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 Login to Reply 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