by Daniel Galef
the cold numbs —
the heat sedates —
the clouds chastise —
the sky berates —
the moon — loathes —
the sun hates.
the heat — warns —
the cold daunts —
the light blinds —
the shadow haunts —
the wantless needs —
the needless wants.
the cold muffles —
the heat’s call —
the time is short —
the orders tall —
no time to waste —
no time to stall —
time’s captives —
held in thrall —
scratching in dirt —
on a hurtling ball —
leaves, loves, & lives all fall —
am I a fool —
to love it all — ?
Daniel Galef has been an actor, a teacher, a door-to-door poll taker, and a dictionary definition (“interfaculty,” which means “brilliant and handsome”). His poems, short stories, and miscellaneous magical writings have appeared in Bards and Sages Quarterly, Rat’s Ass Review, The Surreal Grotesque, and The Christian Century.
