You really need a clasp On the fair-headed looking for the essence of rain Or you risk gasping for air The knaidel startled me when I shared by numnahs With the sensory deprivation that looked like the amnesiac Running to pay the rent for my books A young girl helped me sincerely and she was dead In the library, who kept forgetting as they were trying to keep the books again Curating each memory Clasping the candle in the dark We are finding love in the dancer of the dark Maybe, we might want to leave the impression of dark people to a thousand stolid poles of lights bequeathed to the poor with their cold quilt