Corners

A quality in the sharp night air

Prevents intake of breath

And sharp looks between door and wall

Sharp sight bleeds at edges

And tempts shadows into corners

This is the page

And here I write a page of safe writing

To heighten senses

And coax breath into corners and onto window pains

Take the first example

Bird man and Sheep man

Both fine examples

He weeps into corners

The lines that follow

And the lines that do not

Mouse-curtained windows

And crack in the wall metaphors

Before I fall asleep.