It’s her fault

by John Steffen

Because of the moon
Wife and I got in a fight when
I dragged her outside to see the light tonight
Because of the moon

The light of night is not her interest, she said
And I am just a fool, by her insistence and spite

Because of the moon
The neighbor’s dog barked at me
I meander like a sheep lost in my own back yard
Because of the moon

Because of the moon
A brilliant light, a bitter wife
A barking dog, a sparkling night
Words written born out of light
Because of the moon
It’s her fault

 

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John Steffen is a retired fundraiser and of late a student of fiction and poetry at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi. Although unpublished save an article or two some decades ago, and a recent story on http://www.everywritersresource.com/shortstories/ he is now in the process of recreating himself for the 60th time with the dream of publishing a book of memoirs. Website Links: http://ofdogsandotherobservations.blogspot.com/\