Monday, January 21, 2008

One Streetlight

one streetlight
one light
for empty corn field
lone car
rabbits
mice
opossums
live there

rusty old muffler
bits of blown tires
in the gravel

a light
in my eyes
as I drive past
then darkness
with just headlights to guide me

©bonnie pignatiello leer

1 comment:

Judy said...

Good to see you here. This is one of my favorite poems.

Judy