Then a continent forms in the ripples of hot bed sheet. The sun undresses again while a tide ripples. hot bed sheet rolls back thinly. . The sun undresses again a tide. lake, ripples andundressed river of her matress . A the continent lakes It undressed again into beige, the hot lake on the bed sheet as they both exhaled the last of sun. Sure enough, the hour that marked when lamps blunk inside one-by-one began. Their bulbs let out invasions of artificial light. Everything laminated in. Into the retinas; the hair, skin, the curtains-- the moths; in the *****, blonde synthetic light waited patiently for the dusk to swash. the black rivers of night; she lay there, on the bed, with charcoal and a sketchbook. He was on his way to her. Midnight had come. Midnight was a breath of tired darkness. Midnight was inhaled by the moon. Midnight filled the lungs of the day. Midnight had come.