Insomnia

by Ed Aust

Lightning in the laundry pile.
Music in the floorboards.
Outside the sky is raining ice
as shadows of dead trees
wander homeless
through dark alleys.
How can I think of sleep
at such a pivotal hour?

Joshua Wait

Joshua Wait studied English at UC Berkeley. He wrote his undergraduate thesis on the relationship between art and

poetry in the New York School. He received a Masters in Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary. He has served in programs for children, youth, and college students, in an organization addressing climate change, and in the tech industry as a CTO. He currently divides his time between his family and his artistic practice.

https://www.bluerivers.org
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