UNTITLED 3
By Minnie G. Mañalac

I

once more—
the dream hour
i take my pen to write
how the dreamer
kissed the butterfly
in the third quarter of the moon

II

i like the sound of the night
when the world is a stranger
and I am closing out
and I am cracking out
for the old world haunts me

III

it is the end of summer
and already the rain has come
we watch it trickle down the window
of the car where we sat
silently grieving for a season
that was not

© Minnie G. Mañalac

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