All Nonfiction
- Bullying
- Books
- Academic
- Author Interviews
- Celebrity interviews
- College Articles
- College Essays
- Educator of the Year
- Heroes
- Interviews
- Memoir
- Personal Experience
- Sports
- Travel & Culture
All Opinions
- Bullying
- Current Events / Politics
- Discrimination
- Drugs / Alcohol / Smoking
- Entertainment / Celebrities
- Environment
- Love / Relationships
- Movies / Music / TV
- Pop Culture / Trends
- School / College
- Social Issues / Civics
- Spirituality / Religion
- Sports / Hobbies
All Hot Topics
- Bullying
- Community Service
- Environment
- Health
- Letters to the Editor
- Pride & Prejudice
- What Matters
- Back
Summer Guide
- Program Links
- Program Reviews
- Back
College Guide
- College Links
- College Reviews
- College Essays
- College Articles
- Back
Streetlights Late MAG
The darkness flows around the houses
like soft cream
enveloping mashedpotatoes,
Its current sweeping kids inside.
Heavy, cool, it bathes thehot
scarlet bricks,
Dries them with a velvet towel,
and dressesthem
in silk pajamas.
The parents,
kids
Sit down to dinnerand
the houses throw out amber beams,
From bright orifices -
Windows,from under doors,
The tide of ebony,
Retreats like oil from water,
Buthangs suspended
Beyond light's pale grasp.
Suddenly
The streetlightsflicker on,
And the darkness flees
Whimpering
From a neighborhoodilluminated.
© Anonymous
Similar Articles
Previous Next
JOIN THE DISCUSSION
This article has 0 comments.
