Evenings, Midnights, by George Szirtes
Those empty evenings
when time sits on its bare hands
and closes its mouth.
Those evenings waiting
for a midnight that never
arrives. Those evenings
when world holds its breath
hoping history turns up
with gifts of kindness
so long overdue.
#Szirtes #poetry #evenings #midnight
https://nitter.poast.org/george_szirtes/status/1891619476681937180
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