Night Watch

To watch out my window
In the midnight glare,
To see the stars
And to watch them flair,
To turn to the mirror
And sit and stare
At the sunspots moving
Across my hair,
To be as close to this one star
Is only to see me as all suns are.

Richard C. Hayner
1973 ©

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