sky the color of smoke
sky the color of smoke
sky like smoke
a smokey cast to the sky
the sky at dusk
a dusky hue out there
a glimpse of grey
now you see it
through those slits
it’s grey up there
like smoke from the fire
you haven’t lit
a different sky tonight
the same sky seen differently
from this angle by the hearth
sky seen by me from here
a sky torn in strips
by the space above the curtains
like something tape’s pulled away
sky the color of grey
grey where there was sky
before something pulled it away
the fire in my mind
that I’m thinking I’ll wait
until dusk has passed to make
I don’t want my smoke to be seen in the sky
that’s not my smoke up there
you see sky the color
like brown the color or red
but what’s this you think
is that the start of something
a line of dashes at the top of the room
blanks to be filled in when you have the time