Trilogy in the Spaces - Night

Trilogy in the Spaces -Night

Sept 14, 2018

jp

Night.

On way past dusk and alcohol and

                autumn nights that grow and

                                sometimes never end.

The nights grow longer now

And I don’t drink

Because if I did

The night would be one that never ends.

It did just a while ago

The night came on that never ends

Old mouse

That found itself to the bread chunk

That I had stuffed onto the catch

Of a great big oversized

One mother of a mouse trap

Rat trap really

That I had bought and set for

Red squirrels really

And I heard the snap!

And when I went to check

Old mouse had met the last one

The night that never ends.

But for me the trap is mine

Because if I take that drink

If ever I would

My nights would no longer grow

But be the one that never ends.