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Monday, November 19, 2018

Darkness Visible

The night never ends at twelve. It continues to thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, ... in my mind. I hate the night  I can't sleep. I loathe the day because it can only march towards the night.

In these haunted hours the black beast rides my mind, and there is nothing I can do to tame it.

tick, tick, tick ...
counting stars
in the skylight

Haibun Today, 12:3, September 2018