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It is the quiet time
by David N. Muxo


It is the quiet time, when evening
shadows stretch like kittens half awake.

Rose-colored clouds announce
the end of day;
the resting earth begins to sigh
and dreams remembered
or imagined loves.

The sea recounts a thousand tales
on myriad shores; an old man
home from the wars with marvels
on his lips.
His whispers, hoarse with age
escape our untrained ears
and disappear.