Lisburn Road at night

wonder as a verb

to go out there
and look
with the senses that
we have
and think
with the synapse
that we have
about the looked
and also
the looking

to look through question marks
that is our punctuation
as a gift
of moving on
since
we tend to ask
and then go on
for answers

there is a hill outside of town
that I would take
pull over
then peer out at night

I got
to see
Halle-Bopp
that way
and also got
to stand
or lean against the car
too see both
darkness and the light
and then
go back inside
for warmth
against the night

the comfort of
artificial glow
that I could pretend that I made
and whatever cushiony
substance
made the seats

but if it weren’t
too cold
I’d stand
or lean
a while first
waiting for more
that what saw
and sometimes
I saw
with some sense of other

then
I’d write it down

on paper
I’d have

wonder as a noun

and
who knows
maybe keep
wondering as a gerund

something standing for an
ongoing thing

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photo by Tristen Lee on Unsplash

happy June
happy night skies