"Walk to Twilight"

    Walk to Twilight

 

    Jilted tree,

    jingle bells played

    out, on its side

 

    at the curb.

    Vestige

    of a dog-eared

    calendar.

 

    Blanketed bronze

    “Homeless Jesus”

    curled up against

    a sculpted bench

    … crucified feet

    uncovered.

 

    Its replica

    swaddled in cloth

    against a metro grate

    … grown man folded

    into a fetal position.

 

    Sliver of moon slung

    like a hammock

    across the semidarkness.

 

    The rest of the silver orb,

    the lot of felled pine,

    the contour of the womb

 

    are out of the picture.

 

 

    ~LCMH