As I read
the sun squints
through the window
over my shoulder
producing a white
diamond of light
that places itself
over the word 'light'
& a scattered rainbow
that claws at the word 'darkness.'
They follow me
page by page
seeking out other words
to comment upon.
I accept my reading companions
(don't even check to see where they are
...coming from.
It's enough
that they are here
brightening my day
they & I
reading Edmond Jabes.
Dónall Dempsey
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/reading-edmond-jabes/
