A Storm Inside the Cape
<p>The day dropped out of the sky<br />
he slipped on the stony steps<br />
the spiral staircase that curls<br />
the side of the lighthouse<br />
banged a knee hard enough to draw blood</p>
<p>Late to the light, the great lantern<br />
that guides the tossing ships<br />
a first order Fresnel lens taller than a man<br />
tower of gleaming crenulated glass,<br />
setting it ablaze he grabs the salt-rusted railing<br />
the tempest hits, animal spirits clawing</p>
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