Winter Dark by Lilian Moore

Winter Dark

Winter dark comes early

mixing afternoon

and night.

Soon

there's a comma of a moon,

and each street light

along the

way

puts its period

to the end of day.

Now

a neon sign

punctuates the

dark with a bright blinking

breathless

exclamation mark!

-Lilian Moore

(Candle standing in for neon sign.)

Photo taken at 5:11 p.m.