Evening Conversation
Reckless and white as a flashlight beam cast
into some dark corner, the moon
insists on the deeper blackness
surrounding it. Perhaps it wishes
to be a woman or a window,
cushioning everything, full of itself
for the moment, yet frightened, like any egotist.
But still the stars patiently insist
on their presence, pinholes to nothingness.
When else would I walk on such a night in the world?