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Tess Gallagher
Tess Gallagher
Tess Gallagher, a poet, essayist, novelist, and playwright, was born in 1943 in Port Angeles, Washington. She is the author of several collections of poetry, including Dear Ghosts...
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Little Match Box  
by Tess Gallagher

And if there were two moons,
who would sleep when one
passed before the other
and took it in
on its dark side? Wouldn't
some extra light ray out
around the sustaining one?
Wouldn't you sense
the two in one, even if you'd
never seen them parted?

Sometimes a glory
is just that—a guessing-into
the seen, noticing
the fringe of presence
when it comes, trying to match
its fervency by something
as tangible, something
only you are equal to.




"Little Match Box"
copyright 2006 by Tess Gallagher.
Reprinted from Dear Ghosts,
with the permission of Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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