The Poetry Corner

Going for a Walk

By Alfred Lichtenstein

Evening comes with moonshine and silky darkness. The roads become weary.The narrow world widens. Winds of opium move in and out of the field. I widen my eyes like silver wings. I feel as though my body were the whole earth. The city lights up: thousands of street lamps sway. Now the sky also piously enkindles its candlelight. ...Huge above everything my human face wanders -