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Sleep Next to Me Where No One Does

Sleep Next to Me Where No One Does

By Kim Browne

Culture

Now that I sleep across the yard

no longer waiting for you to switch

off the light

I light a candle

to see where I’m going

prop open the skylight with a pole

All the olive blossoms piled on the glass

float into the room

and before I can bend to sweep

them away

I float up

like a second moon

watching the candle and

its reflection sway in all directions

two trikes on the gravel

tilting nowhere

sprinklers turning on

the whole yard

overflowing

Originally published by newrepublic.com. Syndicated material does not necessarily reflect the views of Grazia British.

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