Summer Dusk - Charles Simic

[Larry Robinson]

Summer Dusk

You’ve been the love of my life, 
Light lingering in the sky 
At the close of a long day 
Over the roofs of some city 
Like New York or Rome, 
As streets empty in the heat, 
And shadows lengthen 
And darken every room, 
Occupied or still vacant, 
Where some turn on the lamp 
And others step to a window 
To savor this fleeting moment 
When everything stops 
As if stunned by its own beauty.

	- Charles Simic