Daylight Saving

This time, it isn't coming back.
We had our second chance and now
we'll dress ourselves in darkness till the Spring.
At least we got to practice those old skills;
we know how to find a teeshirt's collar
and make it tell its front and back
through touch alone, and as for jeans, they're easy.
Much more difficult is separating sleep and waking:
so close, like eyes being shut or open in the dark;
it would be so simple
to put the wrong one on and go
out.

November 16 2010