Stages from Evening to Night

last evening

i

sun hits

mountainside glows

clouds hover

mountainside goes

same mountain

ii

sharp ridges of cloudtops

melted frame of cloudbottoms

iii

evening rain

evening sun

i wear my sunglasses

while i have wipers on

last week

along first base line

drop is thrown at my cheek

i look for thrower

folks are drinking beer

yelling at right fielder

eating nachos

no one looks back

game ends

we walk to car

mist turns to sprinkles

we rush inside

drops drill me

through inchandahalf gap

of broken driver's window

i drive to store

for eggs and milk

the crashes against hood

stop me

i turn for home

his 16 years say

no

let's go

we

have

to

go

my hand shifts to R

in front of store

we brace with baseball caps

slam doors

splash in

tonight

stars poke through

midnight-blue-at-9-o'clock blanket

half moon

less than half way to the top

of unharnessed sky

hole swallows key