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I stare out the window
at others staring wonder
where everyone has gone

The world awaits
children who run under her tapping foot
careful to time
the rise – now quickly . . . before the fall

If I wait too long
till closing time I get to rush
the darkened aisles just a step
ahead of failing lights

And for what,
a cartful of constellations?

© Chagall 2014