Without the Sun
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Without the Sun
David J Walker
I
She spent the winters swimming
Naked in the snows of Colorado
Just to show us how it’s done
Her voice returned a taciturn tone of blue
she never knew she shivered in open windows
II
The air was cleared by the 24-hour clock in the tower
Precision digital numbers connected to the sun
Clouds bowed in feigned and fauxed humility
It was something to do with the inability
to tell the truth about solar wind
III
There is a place where the rain never stops
Though the ground is cracked and dry
No need to ask why or how or where
You cannot enter you cannot go there
without the proper paperwork
IV
The last of the gardens sunflowers is holding on
As the earth tilts and the sun moves on
To the next season and the shame of
Being unable to sustain flowers named for it
the sun drops obliviously
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