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The Blue Light

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