The Bitter Bite of Night!
Night creeps in sotto voce
melding with the mellowing village life.
Night, a seemingly mischievous cat,
slips along incognito in its prankish mood,
teasing any light that tries to define her.
Night now casts darkness into distant corners,
lassos slumbering, innocent buildings;
trick roping them with thinly, stretched shadows
until, from above, an inquisitive watery beam
reaches down, searching...
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