In the Dark

The lamp-lighter passed with his ladder late in the evening,

he lighted the lamps of the island as if he opened holes

         in the darkness,

as if he dug deep yellow water wells. In the wells, standing,

drowned, and coppery-green, the lampposts rock back and forth.

A crucifix gleamed on the belltower of Santa Pelagia; a dog

barked behind the stable; a second one in the Customs office.

The restaurant sign dripped blood, the man with his naked chest

held a big red knife; the woman with uncombed hair

was beating the egg whites in a bowl.

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