For Michael
Turn a candle inside out
and you've got the smallest
portion of a lion standing
there at the edge of the
shadows.
I had a good-talking candle
last night in my bedroom.
I was very tired but I wanted
somebody to be with me,
so I lit a candle
and listened to its comfortable
voice of light until I was asleep.
By Richard Brautigan from the collection The Pill Versus the Springhill Mine Disaster.
