Country darkness
a clot of black night over there
a car, a figure hurrying away
calls me without words
to my destruction
without a choice
I pant and run
cry No - No – No
But the damage is done
the calm-eyed children
who wait behind the smudged dark
reach for my hands
grasp my fingers
their needles pierce my palms

even as I wake
to the comfort of my lover’s arms.

Janice Windle

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