Jade Kleiner

I-95 Streetlights

the highwayside midnight we punctuate,
our halogen firmament,
the parishioners beneath our bulbs,
the redundancy of other stars,
the hurdy-gurdy hymn of moth wings
harmonizing with a prius,
and then morning wins again:

after our streetlights
I can for one instant hear
the failed prayers of bugs.

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