flick the switch, dim the day

close the lids, tilt the earth

leave the city, long to stay

get back the color, eyes closed, before birth

 

find a hole to dig, a building to build

get caught in an implosion

pour concrete til the bath is filled

hold breath, eyes closed, on the floor of the ocean

 

pick up black out blinds, storm shutters

eye masks of a kind, ignore the others

gathered around the light

who stand, eyes closed, backs to the night