[syndicate] because the sun scarcely made it over the hill that morning

[Alan Sondheim]

because the sun scarcely made it over the hill that morning
because the rumpled sheets carried the sadness of the day
because the afternoon toppled against the telephone tower
because evening did its work so many hours ago
because dusk carried the perfect sadness of developed flowers
because nightfall spelled the water's end of forest streams
because night soared aloft carrying stalks of wheat and yarrow
because dawn already knew loss the previous week
because cells glowed against historic misery
because radio swallowed the visual of tv
because greater cylinders surround the lesser among the planets
and lesser spheres surround the greater among the stars
so shall the clotheslines of language swell against the wind
and darkness shall invade 'em and the rest of 'em
http://www.asondheim.org/nightandfog.mp4