Without the Sun

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

allegorytimefree verse

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