[lit-ideas] Re: Marfa Lights
- From: John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:09:02 +0900
Very nice. But do you really need "The lights hadn't brightened the night." For
me, ending with
> Susan
> With stars reflected
> In her eyes
> Was far above
> The mountains of Nepal
would be better.
What do you think?
John
Sent from my iPad
> On 2014/12/23, at 1:42, Lawrence Helm <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> Susan was clear-headed
> Looking with me as we drove
> Though we saw little
> Throughout the miles
> To her sister, remote
> From almost everything.
> Ranchers came from miles
>
> For breakfast at one of the two
> Restaurants and in the evening
> There was little one could do
> Unless one drove to see
> The lights knowing they
> Wouldn’t always appear
> And when they did
>
> They seemed little more
> Than headlights on a road.
> We were assured there were
> No roads there. Perhaps
> An inversion created a lens
> I thought, but the air
> Was clear and one could see
>
> The stars to a magnitude
> Of five with our
> Poor eyes. The lights
> Moved where no single
> Thing was known to live.
> I might have gone to
> Katmandu instead.
>
> The lights hadn’t
> Brightened the night,
>
>
>
>
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