City Street Lights
City Street Lights
Soft yellow eyes peek down cluttered alleys
sad candle like glow for dumpster diners.
Children hurry home at street light curfew
drawn to the aromatic kitchens glow.
Blue lights of limos cruise the downtown lanes
basking in the cold fluorescent neon,
glaring invitations to fine dining
precursor to the evenings rising tide.
Harbor ferries bob like Chinese lanterns
gentle beacons adrift on loving’s sea,
edged by arcing glow of throbbing city
ablaze against the crushing cone of night.
TARNDAI
John G. Lawless
Find the Puzzle – Poetry Contest
9/29/2014
Copyright © John Lawless | Year Posted 2014
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