In December
light
ebbs
eddies
into dusk
all leaves lost, now frost
and oh, the dreadful wind and rain
night's refrain crests, full flood: dawn's been swept away and drowned
get to higher ground, stuff all you can in sandbags: food and drink, Black Friday's numbing deals,
shovel in Giving Tuesday's atonements; abstain; chant us back: in those days, at this time...
follow the star to stillness, at the precipice, stop
before total night engulfs us
bear the candles fire
rile their flames
darkness
flees
light
