With the lights out
All the neighbours
Collect like insects
Around one shining globe
Voices in the dark
Asking: When is the light
Gonna shine on us
When is the light
Gonna shine on us?
Kids skittle in the dark
Talk of work and the weather
Bike lights piercing like darts
Crack a beer against the fear
But at some point the panic starts
Calls to outsourced suppliers
"How long we gonna have to wait mate?"
Nervous laughter as the night begins
Things that might do you bad
Lurking where you cannot see
Noises in the dark to drive you mad
Portents of a world without electricity
© shaun patrick green 2012
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