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The Blue Light
(based on a Grimms fairytale where an old wounded soldier is booted out of the kings personal
guard and finds the house of a witch, where he makes away with a blue light. He eventually
becomes king and marries the daughter of the king.)
Sometimes a blue light leads you home
through the darkest owl-screeching woods
to the castle you've dreamed of
to the princess whose arms
hang paler than snow
The blue light is a bit of a star
with which you must be careful
lest it explode in interstellar gas
and take all life
the mouse in the wheat
and the king at his table
to become blue light
drifting in the ocean of space
that also is a dream from your childhood
Lucy Simpson
Seattle
5/12/2008