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Perpetual predawn glow: A poem

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Fall 2021 Special Issues Deputy Editor, Spring 2021 Head Opinion Editor, Fall 2020 Deputy Opinion Editor, Weekender Senior Staff and Editorial Board member

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

I came across this phrase the other day,

reading about the orange-brown haze

blanketing the world outside my window

the words lingered, opaque —

perpetual predawn glow 

perpetual predawn glow

their image oddly comforting

like a careful embrace

haunting yet warm, cozy

as if the earth, after a long, tiresome week

decided to hit snooze

to sleep a while longer

just five more minutes, Mother Earth might’ve said,

rolling over and pulling a thick duvet up to her chin

five more minutes to rest my weary limbs

five minutes, five hours, five days

if it’s all the same to you, I think I’ll rest a while longer

just a little while longer

 

Contact Jericho Rajninger at [email protected].
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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020


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