Lighthouses by Rachel Hyman




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We will hide away in houses full of light
when the storm comes
and the sea licks at the shingles.
I truly mean homes shot through with beams
of hot soft light, arcing and sparking askance.
Everyone will float a few inches off the ground
like dust motes, filtering the light
and making coronas and drinking it all in.
When the storm really hits,
I will be twisting my body around a splinter of light,
trying to remember where words come from.



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