David Grayson

After Dark

Visiting the Lincoln Memorial, it’s almost midnight. Still warm and humid, hundreds of kids are here. Glow sticks and phone screens light the darkness. Silhouettes lounge on the steps. Some clown around, a few couples cuddle. Here and there the aroma of pot wafts upward.

of the people
for the people
reflecting pool

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About the Author

David Grayson lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been writing haiku and related forms for more than twenty years. His book, discovering fire: haiku & essays, was published by Red Moon Press in 2016.

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