Ajar

The day's not gone, nor
all its sweets. In windows

and in doors ajar: our
beginnings. We name

the animals and wind
Summer and Light—

all night they come in.



“Ajar” by Andrea Cohen from Nightshade. Copyright © 2019 by Andrea Cohen. Reprinted by permission of The Permission Company LLC, on behalf of Four Way Books, fourwaybooks.com