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(PSALM)

close all the windows

so the dark can't come in

she says

in a voice

small like the sun

white in winter

far like mountains

blue in the rain

a plea against the night

to keep the light within

Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec (from whence all the bad weather comes), Matt Friedman currently lives in New Jersey, where he is pursuing his Ph.D. in history at Rutgers University. He is the author of three books, two of which he'd rather forget, and has been a journalist and editor since the late-1980s.