Almost a Poem (No. 46 September 2, 2012)
I need a blanket of the easy night sky
The soft down of the stars
Music conducted by the kind Gaea
Her orchestra of crickets
and symphony of cicadas
Counting bats, instead of sheep
But never 'cause you want to sleep
The smell of dew at twilight and dawn
Before and after the night
Under the glow of the moon