- Non-Erotic Poetry
- Constitutional
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The hour's grown late. The lamps are on no more
except on corners, and the houses stare
at nothing, with dark eyes. There is no moon;
the night is sad and not unpleasant, mild
and moist and soothing, and my shoes are warm
as slowly, step by step, I make my way
along the silent streets and sleeping squares -
step by single step between the houses
and the cars that sit along the kerb
like giant insects, fast asleep. The town
lies motionless, a series of old stills,
the shopfronts and the gables etched upon
the quiet night, its ghostliness enhanced
by my own steady footsteps' constant fall
and its response that echoes off the walls.
- COMMENTS
twelveooneabout 11 years agoyes, I think
your usage is quite correct, but has a rather abhorrent ring as an the EOL, now that may be your intent, but it did come off as rather comical to me, suggest either a slight shift, or rewording to get the -liness out of ghost
twelveooneabout 11 years agoas always
not unpleasant
two negatives to make a positive?
along the silent streets and sleeping squares -
best line
the quiet night, its ghostliness enhanced
worst line, technically correct, but enhancing ghostliness seems like an oxymoron, and I get the feeling you should be showing me not telling me
LET us go then, you and I...
Like a patient etherized upon a table;
