Across the street a lopsided elm
leaps like a buffalo toward
the North Star. Light is gone.
Shape replaces color. An airplane,
camouflaged by constellations,
is blinking, blinking, blinking.
"Whee-o, whee-o, whee-o,"
cicadas chant evening prayers.
A freight train slows to a canter
through town, whistles "wo-woooo,"
at every crossing.
Cat beside me on the porch step,
fireflies surround us,
blinking, blinking, blinking.
The planet twists in the dark
but night never sleeps.
Pat Murphy hosts today's podcast with Monitor reporters from around the world.
Today
In today's podcast, we focus on Zimbabwe and how its African neighbors feel about what's going on there. Pat Murphy has a conversation with Monitor reporter Scott Baldauf.
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