The sun doesn't
sink slowly.
It drops suddenly
as if pulled
by an unseen hand.
A grasping grip
afraid to come up
beyond the horizon
waiting
as the yellow disc
up above comes
closer,
taking dusk
and turning it
into a passionate
red-orange.
When the edge
of the round red sun
has slipped past a certain
point on the landscape's edge
the unseen hand grabs it
pulls-
The sun plunges down
immediately
dropped
away.
Gray light lingers a bit longer
fingering the last threads of dusk.
poem copyright ©2000 Anne Selden Annab
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