my cosmic porch
light is on
escape to newer air
face the fluorescent
sky
I am as far as
midnight
mercury aglow in the distance
and I am drunk with an empty cup
no words have been spoken
first the flint
now send the spark
turn on the dark
oh nebula
misshaped
when radiance enters
absence
these scenes
speak in the language of sleep
illumined by the silvering
keep the torch burning
ghosted neon licks of flame
burnish the careless reversals
of radio rays
until it warps the speed of light