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Night Time Looking Up

January 28th, 2011 by James Dean Hickman Of The Retort Staff

Sometimes at night when I look up, 
I—try to see high enough.
Open my eyes wide enough to swallow the whole sky

But after a while 

my eyes
                they dry,
And I search for words to speak, 
But only seem to sigh 

O my, I say—O my.

This article originally appeared in The Retort, Volume 3 Issue 5.