who loves the sun
︎︎︎ Evan Laffer
︎ May 1, 2023
the world is full of poets
who love the moon
and look up at the night sky
sighing
loud enough for the sun to hear
like neighbors through a thin wall
the sun knows ours is not
that kind of relationship
no one has the heart to explain
that even the poems about “the stars”
are not written for it
the poets and their moon
devouring her daily changes, her mystique
her calendar
while the sun goes on shrieking
I love you I love you I love you
it’s so painful to watch
we can only bear to look when it dies
and is replaced
with the kind of light we can see
who love the moon
and look up at the night sky
sighing
loud enough for the sun to hear
like neighbors through a thin wall
the sun knows ours is not
that kind of relationship
no one has the heart to explain
that even the poems about “the stars”
are not written for it
the poets and their moon
devouring her daily changes, her mystique
her calendar
while the sun goes on shrieking
I love you I love you I love you
it’s so painful to watch
we can only bear to look when it dies
and is replaced
with the kind of light we can see
Evan Laffer is a podcaster and poet not necessarily in that order. He has lived in New York and Los Angeles and likes both. IG: @elaffer
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