How I miss you! The rubber sun just shines and shines without you, mute and meaningless.
It shrugs itself up into the air, lights the lawn, and slowly pillows down behind the Cairo & other tall buildings.
Then the moon takes over, pallid and slow. It pulls itself into the evening, inch by inch, transfixing the dead park, the silent pavement, the empty cars. Until morning breaks the spell, and the moon hides away behind low blue plumes.
How I miss you! The sun and moon are no replacement. They only remind me of your rhythms, your chest rising, falling, the way you put a book down before sleep takes you. How I miss you! You are the center of things.