This poem is taken from PN Review 54, Volume 13 Number 4, March - April 1987.

Failing Light, Falling Asleep

John Holloway

When pedestrian sun
 plods along skyline
lighting bare branches
     is time for the ghosts.

Usual ghosts. Strong
 workman in bicycle clips;
jaunty hermit; small
    inquisitive child;
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