On Earth As It Is

I want
my final cigar of
the evening to
draw well

I want
the pen I use to
give its ink
smoothly to the page

I want
the feelings of the day to
flow effortlessly out of me
with each puff

with each stroke of the pen and
the connections of ideas to
occur easily as
though the purpose were

clear in the context of a
night sky
crisp and clean as
the wind and the stars against

this very moment of
my evening presence


KLK
11/12/13