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The Big Sleep

Night falls on the city. The human swarm
from the streets moves inside the houses and
the gust of the sewers starts to gurgle louder.

The smoke forms a question mark above every chimney
and below on each window the children leave the stamps
of their curious faces.

The Great Bear travels across the eternity and observes
how the fireflies of the windows burn out one after another
and bring the sleep.

At last, the milk of the morning spills along the horizon's edge.

And the sun's fists hit
the leaves of the cherry
in that empire which
makes the connection
between today and forever.

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Peycho Kanev is the author of 10 poetry collections and three chapbooks, published in the USA and Europe. His poems have appeared in many literary magazines, such as: Rattle, Poetry Quarterly, Evergreen Review, Front Porch Review, Hawaii Review, Barrow Street, Sheepshead Review, Off the Coast, The Adirondack Review, Sierra Nevada Review, The Cleveland Review and many others. His new book of poetry titled A Fake Memoir was published in 2022 by Cyberwit.