What If On a sunny day …….
the sun suddenly blacked out
had a power outage
while you were hanging out
the washing
or the dog was taking you
for a long walk through a maze
of streets?
You can’t fumble for a switch
phone your power provider.
You can’t even use the torch
on your mobile phone
if it’s not on you.
What would you do
if it lasted?
What would
.Look, she says. Look. There are two moons tonight. Do you think that means anything?
Like end times, you mean?
I don’t know, she says. It can’t be good.
We move closer. There they are above the rooftops, one higher and to the right of the other.
Someone in the ranch-style house switches the porch light on and joins us.
My ex-wife phoned, he says. She saw it too. She’s bit of a sky watcher.
So we stand there out the front as one then the other veer off in a north-easterly direction, silent and glowing as moons.
John Malone 