Power Outage

I wake to silence. The alarm
hasn’t gone off, & there’s no
telltale glow from its face.
At first I wonder if I waited
too long to pay the electric bill.
Outside I see all apartment
lights are out. Under my
own power I walk to the park–
the one with a coffeehouse.
There are some things
I don’t want to go without.

Andrew Shattuck McBride

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“Power Outage” is my August 25, 2012 poem for the postcard poetry project. I used an antique card view titled “Mt. Rainier and Daffodil Fields, Washington.” I mailed it to Kirsten of Bay City, Michigan.

Blessings to Kirsten and all, Andy