A Street Lamp Dies (by Peter Elliott)

Poem 22 of 27 in "Be Meditated"

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Walking back from St. Kilda on a full moon night
Along the Middle Park tram route
I hit upon an idea

That the name "Dar Es Salaam" would be a good one to use
To focus mantras on the nadi
That runs around the neck

Out comes my notebook
And just as I am in the process
Of noting it down
The street light
Under which
I am standing
Goes out.

Not a whole row of them
Not a whole street of them
(Not that these wouldn't also have been mind boggling)
Just one
The one I am standing under
And no other

Leaving me to ponder
On my way to the next street light
The possible meaning
Of this "coincidence"

---(Peter Elliott)---

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