i love it when the new moon

   low on the horizon

and on a clear night   looks like a cradle

how can anything be wrong

   on a such a night

never mind that there is much wrong

   for now   for a minute

i take comfort   joy   in this shining bit of cosmos

it seems to   could   bode well   portent   here it is

   first day of november

and i am   we are   moon-blessed   

   so i smile

and wonder what i can do this day

which will be as pleasing to others

   as this smiling-cradle-moon is to me