For example,
I don't even need
to leave.
All I need is to describe the
leaving—
and seeing
the way
lead light is cast
down from any old streetlamp,
flaying
my evening
shadow
into several pieces
on the damp, cold, gritty
concrete as I
pass under-
neath
to understand—I must not be
the one
who reflects back
on any of that
when he's safe
and warm at home.
