Of sleepless summer nights And lazy days at noon The sun stays longer Before rousing the moon From a frozen sleep When midnight wanes Shortly after sunset But the light outside still From the sleepless city Dawn burning till come again No real darkness to call to sleep No comfort cold to steal up On limber haunches To call the hour And ***** the lights out Instead of this A warmth unfamiliar That calls for a coverless sleep And the stillness that holds For the hazy summer