Good Night

GOOD NIGHT Spread out in the bramble, downtown parade a dusky memory. Arrived at the head of the line. no flashlight, candle in his hand, Dylan’s voice on his lap, his girl listens, smiles at the camera. he reads, “Do not go gentle into that good night.” her light dress, a tie a vest resemble the times, serious — no one went out, blue jeans not for dates, fireworks will wait until the last five words, “the dying of the light.” meanwhile families arrive, after supper — morsels to the ear. nuptials in a year. 2/29/2020 BACK WHEN Poetry Contest Line Gauthier: Contest Sponsor Poem: Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas first published in 1951