top of page

A WALK PAST THE ROOFTOPS

By Laura Theis



I am lost

to the sadness of the gods

those dear jesters

who aren’t used to denying or restricting themselves

 

whose skull-like heads

might throw up on

any one of us

at any minute

 

on a corroding bridge over

an undecided river

beneath the stony glow

of a vanity moon

I am lost

 

to this dolorous city

hidden high above the night sky

gifted but useless the gods

continue their endless

forging and forging of nebulas

 

foxes flicker in dark corners

like dogs that only belong

to themselves

one shares a sorrow

with the street lamps

 

life is

pelting past

like

invisible

rain

 

the night has teeth

the night is where

good things go

to avoid getting discovered


bottom of page