We’ve stayed out here all night
Disappointed that we can’t get any more beer…
Since the joint closed hours ago.

She has slumped…sleeping now.
The sun starts to rise

I spin my glass playfully.
It decides to roll itself at the concrete
And shatters on the ground.

I pick up a piece and hold it to the light
Refracting the sun into my eyes.

“She’s missing it.” I say to the shard
The shard finds this funny
“You can only look” it says
“See me…the sun penetrates me
I become the light.”

“She may sleep,” it says
“But you’re missing it too.”

The waitress is coming in for the morning.
She stares at me awestruck
Never having seen such a conversation
Between a shard and a man.

I wave at her, smiling.
She can only blink and walk inside.

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