Domino Days
Poem by Zack Rogow
Domino Days
Poem by Zack Rogow
From the Archive of Saint Augustine's Magazine
Volume 2, No. 1 (2023).
H o w a s t r i n g o f h o u r s
makes a day,
a n d t h e d a y s
crowd into months,
m o n t h s d o m i n o
to years
y e a r s c o l l i d e
into decades—
it’s more
than I can fathom.
But if you’ll sit close to me
on this cliff
and watch just one
sunset
over the
Tiffany
ocean
as the cirrus clouds
turn a powdery orange
against a sky
tincturing to violet
then I’ll welcome
another day
y i e l d i n g
its colors to the night.
Poem published in The Fool's World precursor
Saint Augustine's Magazine Vol. 2, No. 1 (2023).