Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night Quotes

“Bat Wraps Up"
Belly full, he drops down from the echoing room of night. One last swift swoop, one bug plucked from the air with cupped tail, scooped neatly to mouth. As dark grows thin and body heavy, he tumbles to tree and grasps bark, folds that swirl of cape tipped with tiny claws and snags the spot that smells like home, Then ...upside flip, lock on grip... stretch, hang, relax, yawn...
dawn.”
― Joyce Sidman, Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night