In the rinse of another grey day
unrolling before us like an empty film.
I want to scream out against
flat skies, tear up coarse air.
Another grey day gnawing
at me sounding metallic beats
putting me through its paces
with long lists of minutiae.
Today marches forward...another
tin soldier knocking yesterday aside.
Each night coming faster, faster.
Winds blowing stronger, stronger.
Cats howl in cold circles as
ragged leaves cling to boughs.
Raindrops fall like black ink
under small pools of lights.
Darkness gathers close…
my shadow, that long black
silhouette slanting down
follows me into the night.
Joan McNerney’s poetry has been included in numerous literary magazines such as Seven Circle Press, Dinner with the Muse, Poet Warriors, Blueline, and Halcyon Days. Four Bright Hills Press Anthologies, several Poppy Road Review Journals, and numerous Kind of A Hurricane Press Publications have accepted her work. Her latest title, The Muse In Miniature, is available on Amazon and she has four Best of the Net nominations.
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