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9 to 9

by Daniel Paul Lawson

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Based on a collection of poems I wrote summer 2010, 9 to 9 is a set of six miniatures, each movement describing a hour between 9 PM and 9 AM.

9 PM
drizzle––
echoes of a muffled din not quite gone.
fog and smoke mask
drab life,
if that is what it is.

11 PM
moonbeams sketch shadows over
streetlights half-out in
silent alleys.
solace is found only
on the stoops of abandoned houses.

1 AM
endless, nearly whispered, invitations.
stretched fabric and skin,
veiling empty caverns
of body and heart.

3 AM
brown bag clinking.
sog––
stumbling––
a sideways sidewalk.
(home?)

6AM
murmurs of pigeons
from the hazy grey––
smeared asphalt and cement––
hooded figures shift with
hurrying men in trench coats.
smog:
a filtered sunrise.

9AM
drones of vibrating hubcaps and angry horns.
arhythmic pulses of footsteps and machinery
accompany humanity through the wrestle,
hustling toward the imminent night.

credits

released February 8, 2011
Chrissy McHugh, flute
Sarabeth Taber-Miller, 'cello

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