st. anthony's fire

i know you're lonely

i watched you walk like a ghost out into the street

you left sparks in the night

your movements left traces

dispersed through a prism of light

st. anthony's fire

chased out the village by

a swarm of bees

your diaries are bound with chinese silk

and wrapped in red ribbons

you float outside

my window held up by the pull of the moon on the tide

st. anthony's fire

chased from your house by

a poltergeist